The celebrations sparked pleasure much 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 crew clinched their victory by defeating Slovenia within the ultimate spherical. Star gamers like D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and R Praggnanandhaa have been pivotal of their success, significantly shining within the 11th spherical. In the meantime, the ladies’s crew 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 crew had received bronze medals within the 2014 and 2022 editions, whereas the ladies’s crew 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 Workforce India’s double gold victory and stated that “Bharat is filled with vitality and desires.”
Addressing the Indian diaspora at Nassau Coliseum in New York, PM Modi praised the achievements of each groups. “Bharat is filled with vitality and desires. Every single day we see new achievements. Right now, each India males’s and girls’s groups have received gold medals in Chess Olympiad,” Modi was quoted as saying by ANI.
