Neeraj Chopra wins gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics: Bollywood celebs congratulate the javelin thrower

Neeraj Chopra has created history by winning gold in Men’s Javelin Throw at Tokyo 2020. He brings home the first gold medal for India and the entire country is currently rejoicing his big win. He becomes the second athlete after Abhinav Bindra to win an individual Olympic gold. Congratulatory messages are pouring in for 23-year-old Chopra for bringing the first Gold Medal in Athletics in Olympics for India.

Celebs like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Varun Dhawan, Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh among others took to their social media handles to celebrate the win of Neeraj Chopra at Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Take a look at their posts here.

Kareena Kapoor congratulated Neeraj as she shared a picture of him on her Instagram Stories.

Varun was glued to his television set during Neeraj’s match and as soon as he won, the actor was seen celebrating it.

Rakul Preet Singh wrote, “His arm represents the strength of 1.3 billion Indians! Congratulations @neeraj_chopra1”.

His arm represents the strength of 1.3 billion Indians!
Congratulations @neeraj_chopra1 #Tokyo2020 #GOLD pic.twitter.com/dQSzjDcAsA

— Rakul Singh (@Rakulpreet) August 7, 2021

“GOLD!!! WOW!!! #NeerajChopra,” tweeted Anubhav Sinha.

GOLD!!! WOW!!! #NeerajChopra

— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) August 7, 2021

Ajay Devgn tweeted, “Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on your win at the Tokyo Olympics. More power to you! You’ve made your parents & India Flag of India proud. Can’t tell you how happy I am. This is awesome”.

Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on your win at the Tokyo Olympics. More power to you! You’ve made your parents & India ?? proud. Can’t tell you how happy I am. This is awesome ?#NeerajChopra #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/mx45Otodwo

— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) August 7, 2021

Actor-politician Sunny Deol also congratulated Neeraj Chopra, “Take a bow #NeerajChopra What an outstanding performance India is proud of you #Olympics #IndiaAtTokyo2020,” he tweeted.

Take a bow #NeerajChopra
What an outstanding performance
India is proud of you#Olympics #IndiaAtTokyo2020#Gold

— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) August 7, 2021

It was indeed a proud moment for the entire nation when the national anthem was played during the medal ceremony. Suniel Shetty wrote, “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 you!!”

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 you!!???#Tokyo2020 #JavelinThrow #Olympicsindia https://t.co/xXMP9ARUaF

— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) August 7, 2021

Neeraj Chopra hails from Panipat in Haryana. He stunned everyone with his second throw of 87.58m in the finals.

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