Akshay, Taapsee and others congratulate Neeraj Chopra for winning gold medal

As star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra created history by becoming the second Indian to win individual gold at Olympics Hindi film personalities Lata Mangeshkar Akshay Kumar Ajay Devgn Taapsee Pannu and others praised the young athlete for making the country proudThe 23yearold farmers son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana produced a secondround throw of 8758m in the finals to end Indias 100year wait for a track and field medal in the Olympics Chopra won the countrys seventh medal and first gold at Tokyo Olympics and joined shooter Abhinav Bindra 2008 Beijing Games as Indias individual gold winners in the showpieceIts a GOLD Heartiest Congratulations Neeraj_chopra1 on creating history Youre responsible for a billion tears of joy Well done NeerajChopra Tokyo2020 Kumar wrote on TwitterItrsquos a GOLD Heartiest Congratulations Neeraj_chopra1 on creating history Yoursquore responsible for a billion tears of joy Well done NeerajChopra Tokyo2020 pictwittercomEQToUJ6j6Cmdash Akshay Kumar akshaykumar August 7 2021Lata Mangeshkar called Chopra the pride of the country The whole of India is proud of Neeraj Chopra who has created a new history I congratulate the pride of the country Neeraj she posted pictwittercom33NFDUuKWnmdash Lata Mangeshkar mangeshkarlata August 7 2021The Singham actor said the athletes win has left him elated Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on your win at the Tokyo Olympics More power to you Youve made your parents amp India proud Cant tell you how happy I am This is awesome NeerajChopra TokyoOlympicsCongratulations Neeraj Chopra on your win at the Tokyo Olympics More power to you Yoursquove made your parents amp India proud Canrsquot tell you how happy I am This is awesome NeerajChopra TokyoOlympics pictwittercommx45Otodwomdash Ajay Devgn ajaydevgn August 7 2021Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu said the win has left her excited Its a gold I am jumping with Joy This young man Neeraj Chopra has created historyItrsquos a goldI am jumping with Joy This young man Neeraj Chopra has created history mdash taapsee pannu taapsee August 7 2021Varun Dhawan shared a live video of watching the athletes performance at the Tokyo Olympics Gold gold it is Neeraj Chopra has done it the actor captioned the clipGOLD it is Neeraj chopra is a legend pictwittercomIIEZYtLFlpmdash VarunDhawan Varun_dvn August 7 2021Actor couple Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha also celebrated Indias gold win at the Olympics Today is a big day for us Jai mata di Gold laaye hain hum We got Gold Bohot khoob Neeraj Very good Neeraj It was goosebumps all the way Fazal wroteTODAY IS A BIG DAY FOR US Jai mata di Gold laaye hain hum Bohot khoob Neeraj It was goosebumps all the way pictwittercomUuCiNUEMLOmdash Ali Fazal M alifazal9 August 7 2021Richa Chadha tweeted GOLD neerajchoprajav so good in the first two attempts that the third attempt didnt matterGOLD neerajchoprajav so good in the first two attempts that the third attempt didnrsquot matter pictwittercomAPwCafcnxgmdash TheRichaChadha RichaChadha August 7 2021Suniel Shetty said Chopra fulfilled the dream of all the Indians Nothing beats that feeling when you hear the National Anthem playing on the stands Thank you Neeraj_chopra1 You fulfilled the dream of 139 crore Indians God bless youFirst place medalFlag of India he postedNothing beats that feeling when you hear the National Anthem playing on the stands Thank you Neeraj_chopra1 You fulfilled the dream of 139 crore Indians God bless youTokyo2020 JavelinThrow Olympicsindia httpstcoxXMP9ARUaFmdash Suniel Shetty SunielVShetty August 7 2021Also Read Tokyo Games Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian to win Olympic gold medal in athleticsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever