After India bagging one gold and 6 silver and Bronze medals in Tokyo Olympics and thereafter one gold and two medals, one silver n one bronze, another braveheart and outstanding javelin thrower after Neeraj Chopra has won a Gold in Paralympics, raising Indian tricolour high, sending jubilant wave across the country. Now India had in all won three Gold medals, one by Neeraj Chopra in Tokyo Olympics in Javelins throw and another in Paralympics by outstanding Javeline thrower Sumit Antil. There have been umpteen congratulatory messages on social media for both Avani Lekhra of Rajasthan and Submit Antil for winning back to back two gold medals for the country, in a tweet one of his admirers tweeted : Our athletes continue to shine at #Paralympics. Heartiest congratulations# Sumit Antil on winning the Gold medal for Javeline throw at Paralympics with a record breaking performance. It was absolutely wonderful to see you breaking the world record, not once, not twice but thrice tweeted Ameet Satan MLA from Maharashtra Andheri West, Mumbai. The prime minister Narendra Modi heartily congratulated Antil on his outstanding Gold victory in Paralympics in Javeline throw speaking over his mobile. He said you have done a great job and will be a great source of inspiration to the young generation. Entire nation is proud of you. In a tweet PM Narendra Modi wrote : Our Athletes continue to shine at # Paralympics! The nation is proud of Sumit Antil’s record breaking performance in Paralympics. Congratulations Sumit for winning the prestigious Gold medal. Wishing you all the best for the future. The union minister of sports n youth affairs jubilant Anurag Thakur tweeted : Well done Sumit Antil. That special moment when India’s prime minister calls to congratulate you, just after you have won the Gold in Paralympics and broken the world record. Well done Sumit Antil tweeted Anurag Thakur.
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