Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Bollywood cheers for Indian athletes

The Tokyo Olympics 2020 have begun and the excitement across the globe is at its peak Talking about the participation of India Bollywood celebrities have wished the nation on their social media accounts Right from Akshay Kumar to Salman Khan to Priyanka Chopra several actors of the Hindi film industry extended their wishes to India and relentlessly cheered for them via their posts Responding to the nomination by the Union Minister of I amp B and Youth Affairs amp Sports Kumar shared a video on his Twitter accountHave a look at what the actor had to sayThank you Anurag ji for nominating meIrsquom cheering for Team India at Tokyo2020 Olympics Are youI nominate KhiladiGroup1 RanchiAkkians Akkistaan RajasthanAkkian AKFansGroup TamilAkkians SILCHAR_AKKIANS CHENNAIAKKIANS MumbaiAkkians VeerAkkians Cheer4India httpstcodkUXPZO8BM pictwittercomrMQGnscXFFmdash Akshay Kumar akshaykumar July 22 2021Salman Khan also joined the campaign to support Team India at the Olympics Have a look at his video right hereI join the campaign to support our Indian Olympic team hellip Tokyo2020 I accept the challenge given by KirenRijiju HumaraVictoryPunch pictwittercomWSvD4KGy8Nmdash Salman Khan BeingSalmanKhan July 22 2021Priyanka Chopra shared a long and lovely note as she sat in front of her television set to cheer for the county She wrote ldquoIrsquom sitting in front of my TV watching the opening of the Olympic Games happening right now in Tokyo and the mood is somber yet the moment feels nostalgic We all know the games are unlike anything wersquove experienced before with the best of the best athletes in the world competing for the pride of their countriesShe added The arenas may be without an audience but our cheers wont stop no matter where we are Good luck to everyone participating Know that you are giving an embattled world something to collectively cheer forView this post on InstagramA post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas priyankachopraAnil Kapoorrsquos support came long back on July 16 where he flaunted his India TShirt and stated that it was no surprise which team his support was withView this post on InstagramA post shared by anilskapoor anilskapoorKareena Kapoor Khan posted a compiled video of the Indian contingent arriving at the Tokyo airport Sharing the video she wrote To the largestever Indian contingent wishing you all lots of luck Olympics Tokyo2020 Cheer4IndiaView this post on InstagramA post shared by Kareena Kapoor Khan kareenakapoorkhanAbhishek Bachchan on his Instagram handle wrote Wishing all the athletes the best for the TokyoOlympics India sends its largest contingent so far rooting for each and every one of you Have a safe and successful Olympics JaiHind Cheer4India alongside a group picture of the Indian athletes posing for the lens at the Tokyo 2020 OlympicsThe rescheduled 2020 Summer Games officially kickstarted on Friday evening with a grand opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo amid the shadow of the COVID19 pandemic Archers shooters boxers and hockey squad among others from the Indian contingent will not be attending the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with the exception of Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh who are flag bearers of the contingent50 people attended the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics from the Indian side in view of the COVID19 concerns in the Japanese capital A total of 127 athletes across 18 sports disciplines from India are participating in Olympics This is the biggestever contingent India is sending to any OlympicsThe 69 cumulative events across the 18 sport disciplines that India will participate in are also the highest ever for the countryAlso Read Tokyo Olympics Pravin finishes 31st Atanu takes 35th spot in individual archery ranking roundWith inputs from ANI