B-Town celebrates Mariyappan Thangavelu's win
- IndiaGlitz, [Saturday,September 10 2016]
Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma congratulated Mariyappan Thangavelu on winning a gold medal in the men's high jump T-42 event at the Rio Paralympics.
Aamir tweeted, "Congratulations Mariyappan! You have done India proud. Thank you. Love. A".
Anushka posted: "Congratulations #MariyappanThangavelu and #VarunSinghBhati on the absolutely stellar performance and on creating history.. #Paralympics".
Thangavelu created history on Friday night by winning the gold medal.
Other Bollywood celebrities too wished Mariyappan on his win. Here are few:
Arjun Kapoor: Keep shining #MariyappanThangavelu & #VarunSingh . Ur spirit inspires all of us to believe in ourselves again #Paralympics #PrideOfOurNation
Abhishek Bachchan - This is incredible!!!! #Paralympics
Diana Penty - Gold and a bronze for India Congratulations #MariyappanThangavelu and #BhatiVarunSingh! So proud of you! #Paralympics #Athletics
Ali Abbas Zafar ?- India wins a gold at para Olympics #MariyappanThangavelu and a bronze #varunsingh.Boys you are real heroes .jai hind
Ashish Chowdhry - There! Finally Gold. N history created alongside. #MariyappanThangavelu makes #India beam!!#Paralympics #Respect
Dia Mirza - Proud of you #MariyappanThangavelu and #BhatiVarunSingh!!! #Rio2016Paralympics #Ind
Congratulations Mariyappan! You have done India proud. Thank you. Love. a.
— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) September 10, 2016
COME ON INDIA !!! https://t.co/9Gt4oF3RfW
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 10, 2016
Congratulations #MariyappanThangavelu and #VarunSinghBhati on the absolutely stellar performance and on creating history.. #Paralympics
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) September 10, 2016
Keep shining #MariyappanThangavelu & #VarunSingh . Ur spirit inspires all of us to believe in ourselves again #Paralympics #PrideOfOurNation
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) September 10, 2016
Congratulations to one of the greatest of all time on being inducted into the Hall of Fame @SHAQ! #legend @NBAIndia @Vivek #LakersNation
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) September 10, 2016