What The Indian Medalist Said After The Hero Of The Tokyo Olympics.
After winning a total of 7 medals in the Tokyo Olympics, India set a single Olympic medal for the best medal.
After winning a total of seven medals at the Tokyo Olympics, India set the best number of medals in a single Olympic Games. Before Neeraj Chopra pushed India’s campaign to a spectacular finale with his historic men’s javelin gold medal, the country won weightlifting (Mirabai Chanu), boxing (Lovlina Borgohain), badminton (PV Sindhu) and hockey (male) Medals. Team) and wrestling (Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia). The seven medals at the Tokyo Olympics surpassed the six previously won by India at the 2012 London Olympics.
Here is a look at what each of India’s seven medallists said after their medal wins:
Neeraj Chopra (gold, men’s javelin throw)
In the final on Saturday, Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin gold with a best throw of 87.58 million and became the first Indian to win the Olympic track and field gold medal. He also became the second Indian to win a personal gold medal at the Olympics after Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in 2008.
Unsurprisingly, the 23-year-old was thrilled to be able to win the grand prize. “I put the medal to sleep near the pillow. I am happy, but also tired, so I slept well,” he said. “This is a different feeling. Our national anthem is sounded at the Olympic Stadium.
I can express that feeling in words. I couldn’t sleep after arriving in Tokyo. We are from Sweden and there is a big time difference. For the first few days, it was difficult for me to fall asleep. But no problem, now I got the medal,” he added.
Mirabai Chanu (silver, women’s 49kg weightlifting)
Mirabai Chanu gave India a magnificent start on the second day of the Olympic Games. She lifted a total of 202 kg (87 kg snatch and 115 kg free throw) in the 49-year-old women’s weightlifting competition silver medal.
She failed to win a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, which prompted her to win a medal from Tokyo. “I gained confidence from the Rio Olympics (to win medals). After the Rio Olympics was disappointing, I decided that I needed to win medals in the next competition, no matter what competition I participated in. I needed to pay “my best performance”.
“The 27-year-old player said. “My coach (Vijay Sharma) gave me a lot of motivation to forget what happened in Rio and prepare for the future. It is because of him that I came here.”
Ravi Dahiya (silver, men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling)
Ravi Dahiya was knocked out in the semifinals, defeating Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev (Ravi Dahiya) 2-9, and then a weak score of 4-7 Lost to Zavur Uguev, the two-time world champion of the Republic of China. Despite being the best combined performance of an Indian fighter in the Olympics and Suhir Kumar’s silver medal in 2012, Dahiya said he was not satisfied with the silver medal. “I can’t get what I want,” he told the news agencies.
“…I can’t sit on the silver medal. I have to focus on my skills and prepare for the next Olympics,” he added. The 23-year-old Dahiya also hopes that her medal will help her team change the destiny. Nahri Village in Sonipat District, Haryana. “Yes, my people have gifted three Olympians to India, so it is worthy of the basic facilities.
I cannot prioritize what it needs. You need everything. Everything is important, good schools and sports facilities,” he said.
Lovlina Borgohain (bronze, women’s welterweight boxing)
Lovlina Borgohain defeated German Nadine Apetz by a narrow margin to start her Tokyo Olympics, and then defeated Chen Nianqin of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals and won the bronze medal.
In the semifinals, he lost to Turkey’s eventual champion Busenaz Sulmeneli. Borgohain said that although he is happy with his bronze medal, he hopes to win the gold medal in the next two Olympics. This is an amazing achievement and I am very happy to receive a medal. But I can’t get what I want. I’m a bit sad about it,” he said.
My goal is to win three Olympic gold medals. This time I can’t win. I will work hard in the next two Olympic Games (2024 And 2028),” the 23-year-old added.
PV Sindhu (bronze, badminton women’s singles)
With a bronze medal in women’s singles at the Tokyo Olympics, PV Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win more than one Olympic medal.
After winning the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Xindu won her second Olympic medal after defeating Chinese player He Bingjiao in the women’s badminton bronze medal match. Later this year, he will focus on defending the World Championship title in Spain.
“Definitely still going to sink, but I enjoy this moment. This is a dream come true for anyone. These are the moments you will always remember”, Sindhu “There are many international events scheduled. Soon I will be again Practice and I just want to play well and give. The best me.” Spain also has the World Cup, and I hope to do well,” added the 26-year-old Schutler.
Indian team (bronze, men’s hockey)
The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 in an exciting bronze medal match in Tokyo and won the bronze medal, thus ending the sport’s 41-year Olympic medal shortage.
Medal awarded to Indian medical staff facing the Covid-19 pandemic. He said: “We want to dedicate this medal to the frontline doctors and paramedics who have saved so many lives in India.” “When we entered the Olympic Village, members of the women’s team were waiting downstairs to congratulate us.
This It was a proud moment for us, all the Indians in the Olympic Village congratulated us,” defender Harman Pratt said after the victory over the German team.
Bajrang Punia (bronze, men’s 65kg freestyle wrestling)
The 27-year-old wrestler succeeded in winning the bronze medal in men’s 65kg wrestling, despite his knee injury while preparing for the Tokyo Olympics in Russia last month.
In his bronze medal match, he swept Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov 8-0. Bajran later said that his injury prevented him from participating in the first day of the game. “In Friday’s game, injuries have been lingering in my mind. I can’t make moves; I tried to attack, but I was also worried about my knees,” he said.
He added that India will fight for 20-25 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “A lot of players are participating in the Olympics for the first time. We won 7 medals, we planned more, but achieved better results in previous Olympics.” We will strive to do better in Paris and win 20-25 medals in the next Olympic Games. ”
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