PM Modi hosts Olympians at breakfast meeting

The interaction occurred on Monday morning at the Prime Minister’s residence

On the night of August 7 at Stadium, . He won India’s first ever gold in athletics at the Olympics. It was his second attempt, which registered a distance of 87.58m, that clinched the gold. Nine days after that historic moment, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Neeraj why he had looked so confident that he would triumph with that second attempt of his. The interaction occurred on Monday morning at the Prime Minister’s residence, where Mr. Modi hosted a breakfast meeting with the Olympians. The video of the event was released on Wednesday by Mr. Modi through his social media accounts. Early on in the video, you could watch him asking the young athlete about his winning throw: “I was surprised to find you in a victorious mood after your second attempt and starting celebrations. You must have been so confident. How did it happen?”