New Delhi: Indian Olympic Contingent India, including a history of making Javelin throw a gold medal Neeraj Chopra, returned to the country on Monday and was greeted by madness and chaos at the airport where the supporters were crammed with a glimpse of their new sports heroes.
The athletes were welcomed by the Delegation of the Indian Sports Authority (SAI) led by Director General of Sandeep Pradhan, who was accompanied by the Athletic Federation of India’s Head of India, Sumariwala.
#Watch | #Olympics Gold Medal, Mesubin Thrower #Neerajchopra is accepted by a large crowd at Delhi Airport.
https://t.co/pehvCont60- Ani (@ani) 1628511521000Ta hard cheered by fans of euphoria, family members, and several local political leaders as athletes who again made their way through a large crowd inside and outside the airport both inside and Outside the airport.
Watch: Fans celebrate at Delhi Airport as a return of the Indian contingent from the Tokyo Olympics dancing, singing and screaming their lungs to show their appreciation for the medal winner.
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Inside, Chopra and other medal winners struggled to pass through the crowd looking for selfies.
# Tokyo2020 #Teamindia # Cheer4IndiaPturous scene outside Delhi Igi Airport to welcome an Indian medalist from …
https://t.co/ule0ujpCfy- TOI SPORTS (@oisports) 1628509214000 “We are here to support them,” said a person Young girl, who claimed to be a beginner athlete itself.
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https://t.co/4ZT5ZGEGM2- SAIMEDIA (@media_SAI) 1628507249000 athlete diparungi and served with bouquets on arrival and placed by airport staff as they came out to ramble.
They were then taken away on the bus for the Felicitation function by Minister of Sports Anurag Thakur tonight.
“This is the first time we have seen acceptance like this, it was very encouraging,” said Race Walker K Irfan, who competed on the running of a 20km race.
India surpassed the distance of the six best medals before achieved in the 2012 London game with one gold, two silver medals and four bronze in Tokyo.
While Chopra added Golden Sheen to the campaign, the silver medal came from Mirabai Chanu’s weightlifting and Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya.
The bronze medal was claimed by Boxer Lovlina Borghain, Shuttler P V Sindhu, a men’s hockey team and Bajrang Punia.
The spotlight, however, is bound to target Chopra, the gold is first India in the overall 13 years and the first in trajectory and field events.
The 23-year-old Army man was also an Asian and Commonwealth champion and ruled the field with a throw of 87.58 M in the final to claim gold in Tokyo comfortably.
From the winner of Medal, Chanu and Sindhu have returned to this country a few days earlier after the settlement of their events as Covid-19 protocol requires athletes to leave Tokyo within 48 hours of the medal ceremony.
India has sent a strong contingent of 228 for matches, including more than 120 athletes.
This is the largest presence in the country at the Quadrennial exhibition that occurred after a one-year delay due to a pandemic.
Despite the many challenges they face during training for matches in the middle of locking and lack of competitive action, Indians managed to surpass all expectations with their efforts, which also included some impressive shows but lack of medals.