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Netizens celebrate Olympic triumphs — Men’s Hockey bronze and Neeraj Chopra’s silver

My Kolkata congratulates PR Sreejesh and Neeraj Chopra for making history and bringing pride to the nation

Two medals within a matter of few hours was no mean feat for India. The Indian men’s hockey team won their second consecutive Olympic bronze, with one of India’s greatest goalkeepers playing his final game for the nation. PR Sreejesh, the Great Wall of Indian Hockey, bid farewell to the sport with a bronze medal as his teammates made the farewell special. Along with netizens who have been pouring in their congratulatory messages, My Kolkata congratulates the Indian hockey team on their achievement and PR Sreejesh for a career that will go down in history.

Heartiest congratulations to Neeraj Chopra as well who finished 2nd and became the first Indian track and field athlete to bring medals in two consecutive games.  Despite Arshad Nadeem’s record-breaking throw of 92.97m taking gold, Chopra delivered his season’s best throw of 89.45m to win silver. 

After Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Swapnil Kusale won bronze medals in shooting, Neeraj Chopra’s silver and the men’s hockey team’s bronze take India’s medal tally to five. This marks India’s second-best Olympic campaign to date, with a chance to surpass the seven medals from Tokyo.

—Debrup Chaudhuri