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B-town Praises to Neeraj Chopra who secured a gold medal in the Javelin throw, Asian Games.

Bollywood Stars and their fond towards sports is quite evident. Also, many of them like to spend their spare time playing sports. They never hesitate to pour love and uplift one another. B-town is always proactive when it comes to congratulating India’s pride winner.

The recent one to be applauded by the celebrities was none other than Neeraj Chopra. He went on to become the first Indian Javelin thrower who went on to secure a gold medal in Asian Games as he shattered his own national record by clearing a distance of 88.06m in Jakarta on Monday.

Chopra’s gold is only the second medal India has won in the javelin throw in Asian Games history after Gurtej Singh won bronze in 1982 in New Delhi which was then followed by China’s Liu Qizhen and many others.

Celebrities sent in congratulatory tweets for the winner.

Here’s what they have tweeted.

Anil Kapoor: Congratulations #NeerajChopra on the throw that won the Gold Medal 🥇!!

#AsianGames2018⁠ ⁠@asiangames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames

https://twitter.com/AnilKapoor/status/1034325015167156224

Preity Zinta: Congratulations to the Javelin thrower #NeerajChopra for winning a Gold at the #AsianGames2018 and in process creating a national record, 8th Gold for Indiaa!!! 🇮🇳🙌🏻🏅

https://twitter.com/realpreityzinta/status/1034070135160664064

Manoj Bajpayee: Congratulations @Neeraj_chopra1 so so proud of you.

 

The 20-year-old’s winning throw came in his third attempt. He began with 83.46m and fouled the second attempt. Before coming here, he had 85.17 and 85.69 in France and Finland during his preparations for the Asian Games.

 

Congratulations Neeraj Chopra!

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