New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday fulfilled his promise and had ice cream with the two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu when he hosted Indian athletes at his residence.
Back in July when the PM had a video interaction with Indian athletes who were tied to Tokyo, he had talked about how Sindhu was forbidden to have ice cream before the Rio Olympics and asked if he would do the same thing this time.
“Being an athlete requires a tight schedule and hard work.
I asked @ Pvsindhu1 about his love for ice cream and also interacted with his parents,” Prime Minister Modi had tweeted.
During the interaction, Sindhu said, “Because I was preparing the Olympics, I had to do a kind of diet control.
So I don’t eat so much ice cream, just occasionally.” After that, PM Modi has promised that he will have ice cream with him after the competition concludes.
PM Modi poses with two Sindhu Won Olympic medals in Rio 2016 (Silver) and Tokyo 2020 (Bronze) – Photo of Ani “PM pushed it and told Sindhu that we would eat ice cream together after returning from Tokyo.
Now, he will eat ice cream With PM, “PV Ramana, Sindhu’s father, had told Ani after the Badminton player won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics who had just concluded.
The Tokyo Olympic contingent on Monday went to 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, the official residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for breakfast with him.
Javelin-Thrower Neeraj Chopra, the first gold medalist in India on track and field, and the Indian men’s hockey team was also present.
In his independence day speech on Sunday, PM had praised the Indian Olympic athletes and said the country was proud of them because it brought glory to the nation and that their achievements had inspired future generations.
India recorded the best haul medal at the Tokyo Olympics which was recently concluded by pocketing a total of seven medals – one gold, two silver and four bronze.