PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Neeraj Chopra on Silver Medal, Praises Mother’s ‘Sportsman Spirit’

PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Neeraj Chopra on Silver Medal, Praises Mother’s ‘Sportsman Spirit’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Neeraj Chopra on Friday, a day after the lance hurler won India its fifth decoration – a silver – at the Olympic Games in Paris. The state leader additionally enquired about Chopra’s physical issue and praised the athlete soul shown by his mom, who said that Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, the gold medallist, was ‘like our child.’ “We are exceptionally blissful. For our purposes, silver is additionally equivalent to gold. The person who got the gold (Nadeem) is additionally similar to our child,” Saroj Devi had told news organization .

In Thursday’s conclusive, Neeraj, who won gold at the past Games in Tokyo in 2021, turning out to be just the second competitor from India to secure gold in a non-group activity at the Olympics (after Abhinav Bindra at Beijing 2008), conveyed a great 89.45m toss to come next. Arshad Nadeem accomplished a 92.97m toss to win the occasion, while Anderson Peters from Grenada (88.54m), finished the platform.

“Neeraj Chopra is greatness embodied! Over and over he’s shown his splendor. India is happy that he returns with one more Olympic achievement. Congrats to him on winning the Silver. He will keep on rousing incalculable impending competitors to seek after their fantasies and do right by our country!” the PM had posted on X (previously Twitter) the previous evening.

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Chopra’s silver is India’s best presentation at the ongoing Games. The four bronze awards have come in shooting (Manu Bhaker; Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh; Swapnil Kusale) and men’s hockey. Grappler Vinesh Phogat passed up what might have been basically a silver, after she was excluded under the principles, having been seen as overweight in front of the last session. Phogat has moved toward the Court of Assertion for Game (CAS) to be co-granted the silver decoration.