Published 21:07 IST, August 29th 2021
Paralympics: Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh hail Bhavina Patel & Nishad Kumar on silver win
As Bhavina Patel & Nishad Kumar secured silver at the Tokyo Paralympics, Bollywood celebs like Anil Kapoor praised the athletes on his social media handles.
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On Sunday, Bhavina Patel opened an account for nation at mega event by winning a historic silver medal in women's individual Class 4 Table Tennis. Patel, who ranked World No.12, rose to World No.1. On same day, India's para-athlete high jumper Nish Kumar secured a silver medal in men's high jump T47 event at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. athlete me a jump of 2.06m and went on to create an Asian record as event turned out to be a good affair for Indian champ. As soon as Bhavina Patel and Nish Kumar secured silver at Tokyo Paralympics 2020, many Bollywood celebs like Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh took to ir official social media handles and praised young champion.
Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh praise Bhavina Patel & Nish Kumar
Praising Bhavina Patel for his historic win, Kapoor tweeted, "Congratulations @BhavinaPatel6 on amazing win! '#Tokyo2020' @Paralympics."
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Anil Kapoor took to his official Twitter handle and also praised Nish Kumar for clinching a silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. He wrote, "Congratulations on incredible win @nish_hj! '#TokyoParalympics.'" He also dropped Nish's picture where he can be seen flashing his wide genuine smile.
Pmaavat star Ranveer Singh, too, took to his verified Instagram handle and hailed Nish for his victory. He dropped a still of Nish's performance at mega-event and penned a simple yet meaningful caption. He simply wrote, "Glorious." Sharing post on his IG story, Ranveer ded Prodigy's Invers Must Die song to his story. Singh also hailed Bhavina Patel for securing silver medal. He wrote, "Yasssss Bhavina" as he shared her stunning picture from her performance at Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
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Earlier, Sports Authority of India announced happy news of Silver medalist Nish Kumar at mega-event on ir Twitter handle. y wrote, "India wins its 2nd medal at '#Tokyo2020' '#Paralympics' @nish_hj takes home in High Jump T47 Final with a jump of 2.06m, which equals Asian Record set by him in 2021. What a brilliant performance by Nish! Many congratulations to our champ!!!"
PV Sindhu also celebrated Bhavina Patel's victory as she shared her joy on Twitter. She dropped Patel's picture and wrote, "Huge congratulations to you @Bhavina59068010 for creating history and winning silver at '#Paralympics.' We are extremely proud of you and what you have accomplished for our country."
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IMAGE: ANIL KAPOOR/ RANVEER SINGH'S INSTAGRAM/PTI
21:07 IST, August 29th 2021