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Abhishek Bachchan hugs Neeraj Chopra at Olympics 2024, congratulates him on winning silver medal

Abhishek Bachchan congratulated Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra with a warm hug after he won the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics 2024. At this time, this video of both of them is becoming increasingly viral on social media, which people are liking very much. India’s javelin throw star athlete Neeraj Chopra missed out on winning the gold medal to Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who set a new record with a throw of 92.97 meters. This is Neeraj’s second Olympic medal. At the same time, with the silver medal, Neeraj Chopra has become the first Indian athlete to win 2 Olympic medals in track-and-field.

Abhishek Bachchan hugs Neeraj Chopra

Abhishek Bachchan's proud hug to Olympic hero Neeraj Chopra after his silver  medal win is pure gold

In this video surfaced on X, Abhishek Bachchan congratulated Neeraj Chopra after the event ended and praised him for his victory. In the video, Neeraj can be seen exiting the stadium with the tricolor wrapped around his shoulder. As soon as he saw Abhishek, he moved towards him and hugged him tightly. During this, both of them were also seen talking. At the same time, some people were making videos of both of them.

Malaika Arora congratulated Neeraj Chopra

Before the final of Javelin Throw, Abhishek shared a picture of himself from Paris Olympics 2024 on his Instagram handle. In the picture, he was seen posing with the Indian tricolor in the stadium. He wrote, Represent!! Jai Hind!’ Apart from Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, Malaika Arora also reached the stadium during the Paris Olympics to encourage Neeraj Chopra. At the same time, she also congratulated Neeraj on social media.

On a bad day, Neeraj Chopra secures Olympic silver, India's best effort at  Paris 2024

Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal

Arshad won the gold medal on Thursday with a throw of 92.97 meters. At the same time, Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal with a throw of 89.45 meters. Let us tell you that Neeraj won the gold in Tokyo Olympics 2020 by throwing a throw of 87.58 meters. Then Nadeem was in fifth place.