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Milind Soman’s Congratulatory Tweet For Gold Medalist Priya Malik Is A Lesson In Reality Checking

May 13, 2024
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The Olympic fever is on! And for all the precise causes when Mirabai Chanu gained India’s first medal, a silver medal, on the Tokyo Olympics within the girls’s weightlifting class. Evidently, social media posts flooded timelines congratulating Chanu for clinching the honour. And in all of the euphoria, many received overjoyed when the information about Priya Malik bagging a gold medal made the information. The cycle of posts continued however the one drawback is many mistook her win–at the 73 kg world title on the Cadet World Championships in Budapest which happened on July 22–as one other win on the Olympics!

From making India proud to incomes fame from the nation, the web hailed her efforts however with out doing the naked minimal themselves – wanting up how, why and the place is that she gained her due.

Together with actor and supermodel Milind Soman who made the identical mistake of ascribing Malik’s win as one other milestone on the Tokyo 2020.

Evidently, Twitter was fast to level it out and college him concerning the significance of truth verify. Somebody even identified “It is not necessary to submit congratulatory tweet with out understanding about it” and more true phrases have by no means been spoken. See for your self.

However hey, at the least Soman apologised concerning the gaffe and tweeted that he ought to have checked when he was reprimanded by a follower. Nevertheless, he has clarified that he will not delete the tweet as a result of ‘‘generally it is okay to make a mistake.’

He did push out a separate tweet saying he was ‘too overcome with joy’ and that ‘Priya Malik gained Gold on the World wrestling Championships ! Onwards and upwards.’ Additionally, If you’re not within the know, Malik defeated Kseniya Patapovich 5-0 within the summit conflict.

This isn’t the primary time somebody has combined it up although; not too long ago Tisca Chopra drew plenty of flak for congratulating Mirabai Chanu for her win with an image of Indonesian weightlifter Windy Cantika Aisah, who took house the bronze medal. The actress later replied to a tweet and wrote, “Glad you guys had enjoyable! That was a real mistake, am so sorry .. nonetheless doesn’t imply I’m not pleased with @mirabai_chanu on the #TokyoOlympics .. and of the remainder of our contingent.”

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