Men's Hockey Team Receive Their Medals At The Same Time As Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver In Paris Olympics — WATCH
Paris Olympics 2024: Two medals received by India with contrasting emotions, as the Men's Hockey Team and Neeraj Chopra add to India's tally at this year's Games. WATCH.
Paris Olympics 2024: A day that truly defined India's most productive 24 hours at Paris Olympics 2024, as the nation won a sliver medal and a bronze medal to take it's tally to 5 medals at this year's Games. However, both the medals carried a contrasting emotion, as the Men's Hockey Team was joyous to receive their bronze medal, which also marked PR Sreejesh's last-ever international medal, as he is retiring now with immediate effect.
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The moment that makes our internet bills worth it - 🇮🇳 on the podium 🥉
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) August 8, 2024
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However, same cannot be said for Neeraj Chopra, as he was India's biggest hope for Gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024, but ended up bagging silver medal, with Arshad Nadeem breaking the all-time Olympics record to secure the Gold medal for Pakistan.
𝐁𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐛! 🙌
— Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) August 8, 2024
Neeraj secures 2️⃣nd position in men's javelin throw at #Paris2024! 🥈🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/CKtBGGtYRX
𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙟! 🥈
— Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) August 8, 2024
🇮🇳 Neeraj Chopra secures silver medal in men's javelin throw, and registers his season best with 89.45m on the way to the podium!#Athletics | #Paris2024 | #Samsung | #TogetherforTomorrow pic.twitter.com/qAJcpjStdK
PM Modi's Special Message For 'Silver-Medalist' Neeraj Chopra
Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, has congratulated Neeraj Chopra on his achievement, as the Indian athlete now joins Sushil Kumar and PV Sindhu as the third-Indian athlete (post-independence era) to win a medal in successive Olympic Games.
Neeraj Chopra is excellence personified! Time and again he’s shown his brilliance. India is elated that he comes back with yet another Olympic success. Congratulations to him on winning the Silver. He will continue to motivate countless upcoming athletes to pursue their dreams… pic.twitter.com/XIjfeDDSeb
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2024
"Neeraj Chopra is excellence personified! Time and again he’s shown his brilliance. India is elated that he comes back with yet another Olympic success. Congratulations to him on winning the Silver. He will continue to motivate countless upcoming athletes to pursue their dreams and make our nation proud," wrote PM Modi on his official 'X' account.
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