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Abhishek Bachchan Hugged And Praised Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra At Olympics 2024, Deets Inside

By Gunjan Chaudhary

August 10, 2024

India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics with his best throw of 89.45m after competing with Nadeem Arshad of Pakistan who got the Gold medal. Neeraj’s achievement is being praised all over the country and people are wishing him good luck for his future endeavors. Recently, Jasprit Bumrah’s wife Sanjana Ganesan shared a video of Abhishek and Neeraj on her X handle, which quickly went viral on social media. Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan was in Paris for the Olympics 2024, where he met our Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra.

Neeraj Chopra

In the video that surfaced on the internet, Neeraj is seen exiting the stadium with the tricolor wrapped around his shoulders. As soon as he saw Abhishek, he rushed to him and the actor happily hugged the silver medalist for his victory and making India proud at the international level. The actor congratulated Neeraj for his big achievement and patted his back before exiting the stadium.

Abhishek Bachchan And Neeraj Chopra

While sharing the video on the internet Sanjana captioned the post, “Good move by Abhishek Bachchan and you have made the country proud. Well done! Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on winning the silver medal for India.” Netizens immediately started reacting to the video. One user wrote, “The whole country wants to hug Neeraj!”. Another user wrote, “Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan has behaved very well. He encouraged Neeraj Chopra by congratulating him and hugged him after he won the silver medal for India.”

Neeraj Chopra

A user commented, “Abhishek loves sports. It was nice to see him encouraging our players at the Olympics.” Neeraj Chopra made India proud by winning the first silver medal for the country at the Paris Olympics. In the final round, he threw the javelin to a distance of 89.45 meters. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal by breaking the Olympic record by throwing the javelin to a distance of 92.97 meters.