Neeraj Chopra with PM Modi on the Prime Minister’s residence.© Neeraj Chopra/Twitter
Tokyo Olympics gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after assembly him at his residence earlier this week. “It was a fantastic honour to satisfy Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi at his residence. Thanks in your energetic assist to Indian sports activities and athletes,” wrote Neeraj whereas sharing a sequence of images with PM Modi. The images have been taken on Monday when the Indian Tokyo Olympics contingent was invited on the official residence of PM Modi to have breakfast with him.
It was a fantastic honour to satisfy Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi at his residence. Thanks in your energetic assist to Indian sports activities and athletes ???????? pic.twitter.com/dtbgcFHOz3
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 18, 2021
Neeraj created historical past as he grew to become the primary Indian to win an Olympics gold medal in athletics. He threw a greatest effort of 87.58m within the last to choose the gold medal on the Tokyo Video games.
Whereas interacting with Neeraj on Monday, PM Modi hailed the star athlete and stated, “Whenever you threw your second try, you celebrated immediately, this will solely come on the again of a number of confidence.”
To this Neeraj replied, “Sir confidence comes from coaching, my coaching was good so I used to be assured after my second throw. Our recreation is dependent upon our opponents too however now we have to provide our greatest. We have to deal with ourselves.”
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PM Modi appreciated Neeraj and stated, “I’ve seen that success would not get to your head and loss would not keep in your thoughts…”
In the meantime, Neeraj has gained 14 locations to develop into world quantity two within the newest world rankings after his sensational present on the Tokyo Olympics.
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