Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Sh. Anurag Thakur felicitated the Olympic medalists, namely Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, , Bajrang Punia, Lovlina Borgohain, and the men's national Hockey team, at a gala felicitation program at the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi. Among those present on the occasion to felicitate them also included Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju; Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik; Secretary-Sports Ravi Mittal, and Director-General, Sports Authority of India, Sandip Pradhan. The felicitation ceremony was held to honour the Indian players' performance at Tokyo.