The celebrations sparked pleasure just like India’s main cricket wins. Followers observed that the chess gamers’ victory celebration was harking back to Rohit Sharma‘s well-known “robotic stroll” on the T20 World Cup from earlier this 12 months.
The lads’s group clinched their victory by defeating Slovenia within the remaining spherical. Star gamers like D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and R Praggnanandhaa had been pivotal of their success, significantly shining within the eleventh spherical. In the meantime, the ladies’s group triumphed over Azerbaijan with a dominant 3.5-0.5 rating to seal their gold medal.After their wins, each groups gathered on the rostrum, proudly holding up the Indian nationwide flag. In a enjoyable and joyful second, D Gukesh and Tania Sachdev mimicked Rohit Sharma’s robotic stroll. They carried their trophies from reverse ends of the rostrum whereas their teammates cheered. This act was a lighthearted nod to the Indian cricket captain’s well-known celebration.
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Earlier than this historic win, India’s males’s group had gained bronze medals within the 2014 and 2022 editions, whereas the ladies’s group secured a bronze within the 2022 Olympiad held in Chennai. This 12 months’s double gold sweep represents a major achievement in India’s chess historical past.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged Crew India’s double gold victory and stated that “Bharat is filled with power and desires.”
Addressing the Indian diaspora at Nassau Coliseum in New York, PM Modi praised the achievements of each groups. “Bharat is filled with power and desires. Each day we see new achievements. As we speak, each India males’s and ladies’s groups have gained gold medals in Chess Olympiad,” Modi was quoted as saying by ANI.
