President Ram Nath Kovind hosted Indian athletes who took half within the Tokyo Olympics on the Rashtrapathi Bhavan and advised them that the nation was happy with them for his or her performances.
India gained a file seven medals on the Tokyo Olympics. (Courtesy: President of India Twitter)
HIGHLIGHTS
- President Ram Nath Kovind hosted Indian Olympians on the Rashtrapathi Bhavan
- India gained seven medals on the Tokyo Olympics, probably the most the nation has gained in a single version of the Video games
- Neeraj Chopra grew to become India’s first Olympic gold medallist in monitor and subject
Indian athletes who took half within the Tokyo Olympics had been hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind in a “excessive tea” on the Rashtrapathi Bhavan’s Cultural Centre. The Tokyo Olympics marked India’s most profitable outing at a single version of the Video games with seven medals, together with a primary ever gold in monitor and subject.
“President Ram Nath Kovind hosted the Indian Contingent of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 over a ‘Excessive Tea at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre. The President interacted with the gamers and stated that all the nation is happy with our Olympians for bringing glory to the nation,” stated the President in a tweet.
President Ram Nath Kovind hosted the Indian Contingent of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 over a ‘Excessive Tea at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre. The President interacted with the gamers and stated that all the nation is happy with our Olympians for bringing glory to the nation. pic.twitter.com/3gbDOW9tFY
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 14, 2021
The medallists can be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a part of the Independence Day celebrations on the Purple Fort on Sunday. The athletes can be invited to the Purple Fort as particular friends and Modi will meet them on the occassion.
Neeraj Chopra’s javelin gold medal marked India’s seventh medal on the Tokyo Video games, serving to the contingent surpass their earlier finest tally of six on the 2012 London Olympics. Weightlifter Mirabai Chan (silver), badminton participant PV Sindhu (bronze), boxer Lovlina Borgohain (bronze) and wrestlers Bajrang Punia (bronze) and Ravi Dahiya (silver) fashioned the remainder of India’s particular person medalists on the Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian males’s hockey workforce additionally gained bronze, thus successful the primary medal on the Olympics in hockey in 41 years.
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