Modi, Sehwag Congratulate Jhajharia for Winning Paralympic Gold

Twitter reactions to Devendra Jhajharia winning Paralympic gold for India in the javelin throw event at Rio.

India’s javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia created history on Tuesday night by becoming the first Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics. The 36-year-old achieved this feat after registering the world record distance of 62.15m in the event at Rio. He bettered his own world record that he had set during the 2004 Athens Games, where he won his first gold medal.

Twitter, of course, congratulated the Paralympic champion on his achievement. Here are some of the best reactions:

Congratulations to Devendra Jhajharia for the historic and well-deserved Gold at the #Paralympics. We are very proud of him. #Rio2016

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 14, 2016

Champion! @DevJhajharia pic.twitter.com/RnLAJYEh6S

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) September 14, 2016

Golden moment for #India! Congrats to #DevendraJhajharia for Gold in #Paralympics Javelin throw & a new world record pic.twitter.com/FFK9WfSLQJ

— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) September 14, 2016

Congrats #DevendraJhajharia fr the Gold& new World Record.Truly inspiring,wishing fr more coverage than ur 2004 gold pic.twitter.com/FKl8GiTfdy

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 14, 2016

Congratulations #DevendraJhajharia Your #Gold @ #Paralympics is inspiring to many. Kudos to your efforts 👍 #Rio2016 https://t.co/WvFquNJ1FF

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) September 14, 2016

Congratulations #DevendraJhajharia yet another gold for India in the #ParalympicsRio2016 🇮🇳 what an inspiration pic.twitter.com/2IEE8pBszS

— Esha Gupta (@eshagupta2811) September 14, 2016

Congratulations to Javelin thrower #DevendraJhajharia for winning gold at Rio pic.twitter.com/7vDG61Rxzr

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) September 14, 2016

#Paralympics is pyaara-lympics. Bow down to #DevendraJhajharia fr d Gold&new World Record.He won Gold in2004as well pic.twitter.com/s4DzALa5hG

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 14, 2016

Congratulations #davendraJhajharia #goldmedal 👍👍 https://t.co/WNlX7uXC6C

— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 14, 2016