Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Bajrang Punia: Indian Olympians come home to grand welcome

Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra being welcomed on his arrival at IGI Airport, after the end of the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Chopra won India its maiden Olympic Gold in athletics in Tokyo 2020. (PTI Photo)

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is likely to get a promotion in the Indian Army for creating history by ending the country’s agonising wait for the first athletics gold medal in the Olympics.(PTI Photo)

Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, with men's hockey team player Rupinder Pal, takes a selfie on his arrival at IGI Airport, after the end of the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain arrives at IGI Airport, after the end of the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Borgohain clinched the welterweight (69kg) bronze medal in Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020, (PTI Photo)

Olympic bronze medalist wrestler Bajrang Punia welcomed by Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda as he arrives at IGI Airport, after the end of the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Indian women's hockey team, which lost bronze to England, arrives after the end of the Tokyo Olympics, at IGI Airport in New Delhi, Monday, August 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Indian women's hockey team with other athletes at IGI Airport in New Delhi, Monday, August 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Wrestler Deepak Punia, who lost bronze this Olympics, being welcomed on his arrival at IGI Airport, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Indian Sprinter Muhammed Anas Yahiya at IGI Airport in New Delhi, Monday, August 9, 2021. (Express Photo)