Olympic gold-medal winner Neeraj Chopra on grand reception in Delhi: It feels nice to be again dwelling

Tokyo Olympics: The Indian contingent landed in Delhi within the afternoon and might be taken to the Ashoka Hotel now the place the athletes and medal winners might be felicitated. Neeraj Chopra had wrestler Vinesh Phogat for firm contained in the airplane (India Today Photo)HIGHLIGHTSNeeraj Chopra led the Indian contingent out of the Delhi airportNeeraj Chopra mentioned he was very completely happy to be again dwelling after his Tokyo 2020 heroicsNeeraj Chopra clinched India’s 2nd particular person gold medal on the Olympics after profitable the javelin remainingTokyo Olympics gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra was mobbed on the Delhi airport by 1000’s of followers who waited for hours to satisfy the javelin star as he returned dwelling with practically 80 different Indian athletes.

The Indian contingent landed in Delhi within the afternoon and might be taken to the Ashoka Hotel the place the athletes and medal winners might be felicitated.Neeraj Chopra, being the person of the second, had the most important crowd round him as in comparison with the opposite athletes however India Today nonetheless managed to get in a response from unbiased India’s second Olympic gold winner after Abhinav Bindra.”It feels great to be back home, I was expecting this,” Neeraj informed India Today’s Rahul Rawat.Welcome dwelling champions!Athletics Team is again from the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. Lets welcome them with pleasure and pleasure and #Cheer4India.Watch the video and ship in your greatest needs within the feedback under @PMOIndia @ianuragthakur @NisithPramanik @afiindia @WeAreTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/9wJrvdzjPC— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) August 9, 2021
Neeraj Chopra’s dad and mom in the meantime, left for Delhi early on Monday morning from Panipat. They have been on the airport to welcome their son, India’s new nationwide hero. The Indira Gandhi Airport had a festive temper as India’s solely observe and subject Olympic champion landed on dwelling soil after scripting historical past on Saturday. (India Today Photo) SAI Media PhotoNeeraj Chopra, talking to India Today, had mentioned he didn’t need to discuss to spend so much of time speaking ot his dad and mom over cellphone as he needed loads of time with them alone of their residence to elaborate them the way it felt when he stood on the highest of the Olympic podium with the Indian nationwide anthem enjoying on the National Stadium in Tokyo.Champs ka Swagat. #ITLivestream #Tokyo2020 #TokyoOlympics2020 #Delhi https://t.co/5iXcxBeUtA— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) August 9, 2021
“I haven’t been able to speak with them yet. I don’t want to talk to them in a hurry like this. I want to nicely sit down and talk to them. I can’t talk to them the way I am talking to all of you, with limited time, I will talk to them with as much time as possible,” Neeraj informed India Today in Tokyo on Sunday.Neeraj grew to become solely the second particular person Olympic champion from India. He ended India’s 13-year-long anticipate the nationwide anthem on the medal ceremony within the Olympics. The 23-year-old from Panipat was at his assured greatest as he blew the remainder of the sphere away within the Men’s Javelin remaining.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.