Legendary sprinter P T Usha thanked javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after he won India's first Olympic gold in athletics.
She tweeted a photograph of of Neeraj and herself and wrote that her dream has been realised after 37 years.
At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, PT Usha came close to winning a medal in women's 400m hurdles but finished fourth.
Neeraj Chopra, who become the second Indian after Abhinav Bindra to win an individual Olympic Gold, has dedicated his medal to Milkha Singh and PT Usha.