In good news for Indian Tokyo Olympics 2020 medal winners, smartphone brand Xiaomi has announced that it will be gifting all Indian athletes, who have won a medal in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020, with its flagship Mi 11 Ultra smartphone. The company also confirmed that every individual of the Indian men’s hockey team will be getting the Mi 11X smartphone, as they won a Bronze medal at the games.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra is the company’s flagship smartphone priced at Rs 69,999 for the sole 12GB RAM/256GB storage variant. Mi 11X is the budget offering in the Mi 11 series available in India priced at Rs 29,999 for the 6GB RAM/128GB storage model and at Rs 31,999 for the 8GB RAM/128GB storage model.

Xiaomi India MD Manu Kumar Jain took to micro-blogging site Twitter and wrote: "We value the grit & dedication that it takes to win an #Olympics medal. As a small gesture of thanks, we'll humbly gift a #Mi11Ultra to all the Indian Olympic medal winners."  

"Super phone for Super Heroes: Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu and Bajrang Punia. And Mi 11X for all the team members of men's hockey team members. This is our way of saying thanks for fulfilling our dreams and bringing tears of joy and happiness to 1.3 Billion people. Your performance will definitely motivate crores of young kids. You make us proud," he further added.

During the Tokyo Olympics 2020, Indian participants performed very well, making the nation win a total of seven medals, which is currently its highest ever surpassing the six medals in the 2012 Olympics. The performance was led by Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who won India’s first-ever Gold in athletics in the history of the Olympic Games.

Apart from Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu and Bajrang Punia were the other athletes to win medals at the international multi-sport event. Aside from Xiaomi, the Indian government along with various state governments has also announced prizes for the athletes that did well in the Summer Olympics Tokyo 2020.