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India lays out red carpet for Olympic heroes; felicitated in grand ceremony
Updated On: 10 August, 2021 09:26 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Gold medal winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was the cynosure of all eyes in the ceremony at a five star hotel here, held a couple of hours after the seven podium finishers made their way out of the airport amid utter chaos
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Tokyo Olympics medalists Bajrang Punia, Lovlina Borgohain, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Dahiya and Manpreet Singh, during their felicitation ceremony, in New Delhi. Pic/PTI
India`s Olympic medal-winners were accorded a grand welcome by the government in a dazzling felicitation ceremony here on Monday with sports minister Anurag Thakur saying that their journey is an "incredible story of resilience and sporting excellence". Gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was the cynosure of all eyes in the ceremony at a five-star hotel here, held a couple of hours after the seven podium finishers made their way out of the airport amid utter chaos.
At the felicitation ceremony, they were presented mementos and shawls by the minister. Both the bronze-winning men`s hockey team and fourth-place finishing women`s team cut cakes after arriving at the hotel. "We all come from middle-class families and support of the families is essential," Chopra said after being felicitated by Thakur. While Chopra added the golden sheen to the campaign, the silver medals came from weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya. "It feels great, I would like to thank the government, SAI and IOA for helping us during our quarantine time. They gave us all the support," said men`s hockey captain Manpreet Singh. The bronze medals, apart from the men`s hockey team, were claimed by boxer Lovlina Borgohain, shuttler P V Sindhu, and wrestler Bajrang Punia.
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