Tokyo Olympics: Sachin Tendulkar, Abhinav Bindra laud Neeraj Chopra on winning historic gold medal

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics He outperformed the field by quite a distance to notch up the first trackandfield Games medal for the country Indian sports fraternity took to Twitter to congratulate Chopra for his historic winFormer Indian cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar wrote a heartfelt post for Chopra India shines brighter today because of you NeerajYour javelin carried the tricolour all the way and made it flutter with the pride of every Indian What a moment for Indian sportOlympics Tokyo2020 Athletics Gold pictwittercomFZ52Ti6EZcmdash Sachin Tendulkar sachin_rt August 7 2021Elated former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag wrote Woooww Hersquos a rocket itrsquos a Gold and there are a billion tears of joy Such days donrsquot come easy The first Indian ever to win a Olympic medal in Athletics and it is a GoldMedal NeerajChopra you champion We are so proud of you Thank you for giving us so much joy sicWooowwHersquos a rocket itrsquos a Gold and there are a billion tears of joy Such days donrsquot come easy The first Indian ever to win a Olympic medal in Athletics and it is a GoldMedal NeerajChopra you champion We are so proud of you Thank you for giving us so much joy pictwittercom2MHz2tht7Fmdash Virender Sehwag virendersehwag August 7 2021Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra said Chopras achievement becomes even more memorable considering the stiff competition in the mega event Many congratulations on becoming Indias second Olympic Gold medalist To win a Gold at the grandest sporting event in the world which is held once every four years is in itself so improbable that less than 337 of the 11707 athletes competing in Tokyo will end up with one Bindra said in a letter congratulating ChopraAnd Gold it is for Neeraj_chopra1 Take a bow young man You have fulfilled a nations dream Thank youAlso welcome to the club a much needed addition Extremely proud I am so delighted for youmdash Abhinav A Bindra OLY Abhinav_Bindra August 7 2021Wasim Jaffer former Indian Test cricketer too wished ChopraThere are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen TeamIndia Proud Olympics NeerajChopra pictwittercomTDkR9oNfQEmdash Wasim Jaffer WasimJaffer14 August 7 2021Indias premier allrounder Hardik Pandya called Chopra a ChampionChampion NeerajChopra you beauty Take a bow pictwittercomyYe8oO8VSQmdash hardik pandya hardikpandya7 August 7 2021Heartiest congratulations to you Neeraj_chopra1 for bringing the first GOLD home Proud of your tremendous performance Jai HindFlag of IndiaClapping hands sign Cheer4India JavelinThrow Olympics Tokyo2020 sic wrote former Indian cricketer Suresh RainaHeartiest congratulations to you Neeraj_chopra1 for bringing the first GOLD home Proud of your tremendous performance Jai Hind Cheer4India JavelinThrow Olympics Tokyo2020 pictwittercom9edsPTIElSmdash Suresh Raina ImRaina August 7 2021Wrestler Ritu Phogat also lauded the javelin thrower for winning the gold medalGolden boy of Tokyo Olympics Ohhhhh what a performanceCongratulations Neeraj for achieving the impossibleNeerajChopra pictwittercom8Vx226KSZ0mdash Ritu phogat PhogatRitu August 7 2021The 23yearold farmers son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana produced a second round throw of 8758m in the finals to stun the athletics world and end Indias 100year wait for a track and field medal in the OlympicsChopra won the countrys seventh medal and first gold in this Olympics and joined shooter Abhinav Bindra 2008 Beijing Games as Indias individual gold winners in the showpieceWith inputs from agencies