President Ram Nath Kovind hosted high tea for the Indian contingent to the Tokyo Olympics 2020 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre on Independence Day eve, August 14, 2021. Vice President Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu also graced the occasion.
The seven medals the Indian contingent won in Tokyo -- one gold, two silver and four bronze -- is the highest number of medals India has won at an Olympics, more than the six medals Indian sportspeople brought home from the London Games in 2012.
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IMAGE: Sporting legend M C Mary Kom, extreme right, seated, and India's Tokyo Olympics squad with President Kovind, Vice President Naidu, former sports minister and current Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and others.
Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan
IMAGE: Rani Rampal, captain of the women's hockey team, introduces her team members to President Kovind and Vice President Naidu.
Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan
IMAGE: President Kovind and Vice President Naidu meet Olympics Bronze medalist Bajrang Punia, Silver medalist Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra, Bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain and Silver medalist Mirabai Chanu.
Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan
IMAGE: Manpreet Singh, captain of India's hockey team, introduces his team-mates to President Kovind and Vice President Naidu.
Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan
IMAGE: The Indian hockey team won a Bronze medal -- India's first Olympics hockey medal in 41 years.
Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan
IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra -- the first Indian to win a Gold medal in an Olympics track and field event -- seated right with the other Tokyo Olympics medal winners and their coaches, President Kovind, Vice President Naidu and others.
Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan
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