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India’s Olympic medallists receive hero’s welcome, felicitated at Ashoka hotel (VIDEO)

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Olympic team welcomed

New Delhi: India’s Olympic champions returned home to hero’s welcome today after their stellar performance at Tokyo Olympics. The nation in awe of these sportspersons welcomed its heroes with open arms.

At the IGI airport, people and sports lovers have gathered in large numbers to give grand welcome. Later in the evening, they were felicitated at Ashoka Hotel for their commendable performance at Olympics.

India finished the quadrennial event with their highest medal count 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze. Earlier, India had won 6 medals in the 2012 London Olympics.

At the Ashoka hotel, a gala ceremony was organised where all the medallists were honoured and felicitated for their unprecedented performance at Tokyo Olympics.

7 Olympic medalists, namely Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Bajrang Punia, Lovlina Borgohain, and the men’s national Hockey team were felicitated by Union sports minister Anurag Thakur.

Among those present on the occasion also included Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju; MoS for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik.

Sports Minister, Anurag Thakur said, “Tokyo 2020 was an Olympic Games of many firsts for India. The success of Team India at the Olympics is a reflection of how New India desires and aspires to dominate the world…even in sports. The Olympic Games showed us that with self-discipline and dedication we can be champions.”

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Here’s the list of the players who won the medals for India:

  1. Neeraj Chopra (gold)
  2. Mirabai Chanu (silver)
  3. Bajrang Punia (bronze)
  4. PV Sindhu (bronze)
  5. Lovlina Borgohain (bronze)
  6. Men’s hockey team (bronze)
  7. Ravi Kumar Dahiya (silver)

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