Chopra had made his Olympic debut in the 2021 Tokyo Games and he also had become the first Indian athlete to win the Gold medal at the debut tournament.
When she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Aditi was the No 1 Golfer in India, naturally becoming a promising athlete in the Indian contingent to win the medal.
Thakur took to Twitter and wrote, "Major Dhyan Chand is India’s most legendary & loved sporting icons; it is only befitting that India’s Highest Sporting Honour be named after him."
Day 13 was a mixture of great and tricky for India, as the Hockey team made a marvellous history but wrestling events and the 20km Race walk event made a slippery result.
India has won the second Silver medal in the ongoing Olympics tournament, taking the country's medal tally to five including two Silver and three Bronze medals.
As the Indian team shares the medal podium, they had dotted up the four-decade wait by presenting a historical triumph in a spectacle-less battle at Tokyo.
Currently, India stands at the 62nd spot in the Olympics medal tally with three medals. Let's take a look at how the Indian contingent ended its twelfth day of the Tokyo Olympics.
Lovlina, a native of Golaghat of Assam, has become the third Indian to win an Olympic medal in boxing after Vijendra Singh (2008) and Mary Kom (2012) and all three boxers were settled for Bronze.
The Indian contingent hasn't put a magnificent show as the campaigns of some of the most-expected victories had eventually failed with the country still yet to open its 'Gold'en account.
