Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with all medal winners of the Commonwealth 2022 games at his official residence on Saturday. This is the first time the Prime Minister physically interacted with the winners of the Commonwealth Games after their spectacular performance in Birmingham. Earlier PM Modi had hosted the contingent of medal winners of Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. PM Modi had already wished every athlete who won a medal for the country.
Among others, the PM spoke to 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable, weightlifter Achinta Sheuli, women’s hockey player Salima Tete, cyclist David Beckham and para shot putter Sharmila during a virtual interactive session.
After a successful campaign at the recently concluded CWG 2022 in Birmingham, a host of Indian medal winners from the quadrennial event will be interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India finished the sporting spectacle with 61 medals – their fifth-best show in the Games’ history.
“Looking forward to interacting with India’s CWG 2022 contingent at my residence, 13th August at 11 AM. The entire nation is proud of the accomplishments of our athletes at the games,” PM Modi announced via Twitter on Friday.
CWG 2022 got underway on July 28 with a spectacular opening ceremony. PV Sindhu and Manpreet Singh were named as the two Indian flagbearers for the event.
Weightlifter Sanket Sargar won India’s first medal winner of the edition by clinching a silver in men’s 55kg event. On the other hand, Mirabai Chanu was the first from his country to clinch a gold.