Indian Olympic contingent, which included gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, other medalists along with other athletes arrived in the country today. They were greeted warmly by officials, meanwhile, thousands of people were gathered outside the airport to welcome heroes of the nation.
Neeraj Chopra, as the man of the moment, drew the largest audience compared to the other competitors after being independent India's second Olympic gold medalist following Abhinav Bindra.
A team from the Sports Authority of India, led by Director General Sandeep Pradhan, greeted the athletes. Adille Sumariwala, the president of the Athletics Federation of India, joined him.
On arrival, the athletes were garlanded and given bouquets, and the airport workers applauded them as they made their way out to total mayhem owing to a large number of supporters and media personnel.
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All athletes had to take the Corona test and were directly sent to the Ashoka Hotel.
With one gold, two silver, and four bronze medals in Tokyo, India exceeded their previous record total of six medals from the 2012 London Olympics.
Neeraj Chopra threw 87.58 metres in his second try at the javelin throw final and won the gold medal for India. Where, Indian Men’s Hockey team, wrestler Bajrang Punia, boxer Lovlina Borgohain and shuttler PV Sindhu managed to win the Bronze; wrestler Ravi Dahiya won the silver medal; Mirabai Chanu made history by becoming the first Indian weightlifter to win a silver medal in the Olympic Games by lifting a total of 202 kg at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.