WATCH: PM Narendra Modi dials Neeraj Chopra, hails sportsman spirit of Olympian’s Mother Saroj Devi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Neeraj Chopra on his silver medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, praised his sportsmanship, and highlighted that Chopra's performance, alongside the four bronze medals won, represents India's best showing at the Games.

Aug 9, 2024 - 18:30
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WATCH: PM Narendra Modi dials Neeraj Chopra, hails sportsman spirit of Olympian’s Mother Saroj Devi

New Delhi: Exact Minister Narendra Modi frequently prevalent as Neeraj Chopra to congratulate him on securing a silver medal inside of the lads’s javelin throw match at the Paris 2024 Olympics on August 8. Neeraj’s silver marks India’s fifth medal inside of the match.

The right minister also asked about Chopra’s ruin and lauded the sportsman spirit shown by way of his mother, who outlined that Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who won gold medal, is like her son.

“We are more than chuffed. For us, silver should be equal to gold. The one who bought the gold (Nadeem) should be like our son,” Saroj Devi had instructed virtue workforce ANI.

In Thursday’s final, Neeraj Chopra, who won gold at the preceding Tokyo Video games in 2021 and have became best the second Indian athlete to clinch gold in a non-group activity at the Olympics (following Abhinav Bindra in 2008), delivered an fabulous 89.45m throw to unhazardous second . Arshad Nadeem claimed victory with a ninety two.97m throw, when Anderson Peters from Grenada utilized the rostrum with a throw of 88.54m.

“Neeraj Chopra is excellence personified! Time and as soon as further he’s shown his brilliance. India is elated that he comes to come back with yet any completely varied Olympic success. Congratulations to him on prevailing the Silver. He'll proceed to motivate various upcoming athletes to pursue their desires and make our kingdom proud!” the PM had posted on X (at some point of the previous Twitter) final nighttime.

Neeraj Chopra’s silver in javelin is India’s best performance at the stylish-day Video games, with the 4 bronze medals coming from taking footage (Manu Bhaker, Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh, and Swapnil Kusale) and men’s hockey. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who may prefer to have secured as a minimal a silver, flip out to be disqualified for being obese formerly than her final bout. Phogat has here's because that appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Activity (CAS) to be co-awarded the silver medal.

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