Abhishek Bachchan and Neeraj Chopra – Photo: X @@iSanjanaGanesan

India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics with his best throw of 89.45m. Neeraj’s achievement is being praised all over the country. Recently, Jasprit Bumrah’s wife Sanjana Ganesan shared a video of Abhishek and Neeraj on X, which went viral on social media. Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan was in Paris for the Olympics, where he met Neeraj Chopra.

Paris Olympics 2024 Abhishek Bachchan tightly hugs Neeraj Chopra after he wins Silver medal video goes viral

Neeraj Chopra – Photo: PTI

In the video, Neeraj is seen exiting the stadium with the tricolor wrapped around his shoulders. On seeing Abhishek, he rushed to him and the actor happily hugs the silver medalist. The actor congratulated Neeraj for his great achievement and patted his back before leaving the stadium.

Paris Olympics 2024 Abhishek Bachchan tightly hugs Neeraj Chopra after he wins Silver medal video goes viral

Abhishek Bachchan-Shweta Bachchan – Photo: Instagram

Sanjana captioned the post, “Good move by Abhishek Bachchan and you have made the country proud. Well done! Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on winning the Silver medal for India.”

Paris Olympics 2024 Abhishek Bachchan tightly hugs Neeraj Chopra after he wins Silver medal video goes viral

Abhishek Bachchan – Photo: Instagram @bachchan

Netizens immediately started reacting to the video. “The whole country wants to hug Neeraj!” wrote a user. Another user wrote, “Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan has behaved very well. He encouraged Neeraj Chopra by congratulating him and hugged him on winning the Silver medal for India.” A user commented, “Abhishek loves sports. It was nice to see him encouraging our players at the Olympics.”

Paris Olympics 2024 Abhishek Bachchan tightly hugs Neeraj Chopra after he wins Silver medal video goes viral

Neeraj Chopra – Photo: PTI

Neeraj Chopra made India proud by winning the first silver medal for the country at the Paris Olympics. In the final round, he threw the javelin to a distance of 89.45 meters. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won the gold medal by breaking the Olympic record by throwing the javelin to a distance of 92.97 meters.