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‘Milkha Singh’s dream has been fulfilled’: Neeraj Chopra dedicates Olympic gold to India’s flee memoir

Tokyo/Unique Delhi: Newly-topped Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra on Saturday devoted his historic fulfillment to flee memoir Milkha Singh, who died of COVID-19 in June, a gesture that left his son and ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh overwhelmed with “eternal” gratitude.

“Milkha Singh wished to hear the national anthem in a stadium. He’s no longer any longer with us but his dream has been fulfilled,” the 23-yr-aged javelin thrower stated dedicating the fulfillment to the iconic sprinter, who had accomplished fourth within the 1960 Rome Olympics.

Milkha, 91, breathed his final in Chandigarh in June after battling COVID-19 for a month. 

Chopra produced a 2d round throw of 87.58m within the finals on the Tokyo Video games to claim the country’s first note-and-area medal and change into finest the 2d Indian to take care of a person gold within the Olympics. 

“Dad waited so a few years for this to occur. His dream has in the end attain appropriate with India’s first athletic gold. I am crying as I tweet this. And I am certain dad is crying up above. Thanks for making this occur,” Jeev wrote.

What a expose @Neeraj_chopra1! Dad waited so a few years for this to occur. His dream has in the end attain appropriate with India’s first athletic gold.

I am crying as I tweet this. And I am certain dad is crying up above.

Thanks for making this occur.#Olympicsindia #Cheers4India

— Jeev Milkha Singh (@JeevMilkhaSingh) August 7, 2021

“Now not finest did you’re taking care of us a first-ever athletics gold medal within the #OlympicGames, you even devoted it to my father. The Milkha family is eternally grateful for this honour,” he added.

Now not finest did you’re taking care of us a first-ever athletics gold medal within the #OlympicGames, you even devoted it to my father.

The Milkha family is eternally grateful for this honour. pic.twitter.com/0gxgF8mmNQ

— Jeev Milkha Singh (@JeevMilkhaSingh) August 7, 2021

The iconic sprinter, who became once fondly is named the ‘Flying Sikh’, had usually talked about his deep wish to envision an Indian take care of a note and area Olympic medal.

On the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, PT Usha came shut to winning a medal in females’s 400m hurdles but, devour Milkha, accomplished fourth.

About Chopra’s feat, Jeev later told PTI in Chandigarh,”…It’s an emotional moment for me because your total memories attain reduction.”

“Neeraj Chopra is a appropriate champion. He devoted the medal to my father. This speaks volumes of the gentleman. Usually, after winning a gold medal, that too at Olympic stage, one thinks about his other folks and family, but he thought of my father and I will bear in mind this for the the leisure of my life,” Jeev stated.

Jeev stated had his father and mom Nirmal Kaur, who furthermore died because of COVID-linked issues, been alive nowadays they’d were very gay looking out at Chopra take care of gold and other gamers doing successfully on the Olympics.

“Every Olympics, they used to look on TV and never omitted a game. Be it hockey, athletics, they used to look keenly and dispute about within the evening,” he stated.

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