Bollywood actor and model, Milind Soman made back-to-back moves on social media on Sunday which led to public outrage when he not only mistook an Indian’s athlete’s achievements at an international level, but also refused to remove his factual inaccuracy from the internet.

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On July 25, Soman congratulated wrestler Priya Malik, who bagged the gold medal at the World Cadet Wrestling Championships. However, as confessed by the actor himself, he didn’t think of reading into Malik’s accomplishments a bit further, before tweeting about her.

And so, even though the Indian wrestler made her country proud at a World Championships level, Soman ended up congratulating for what he perceived to be was a gold medal at the currently ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Thank you Priya Malik! #gold #TokoyoOlympics #wrestling welcome to Mt Olympus

— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) July 25, 2021

“Thank you Priya Malik! #gold #TokoyoOlympics #wrestling welcome to Mt Olympus,” he tweeted online, celebrating something the wrestler didn’t win, while completely overlooking what she did in reality.

After one of the fans commented on Soman’s tweet, informing about the mistake that he had made, Milind simply refused to comply.

I know now, still happy :) and I won't delete the tweet, sometimes its ok to make a mistake 🤪

— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) July 25, 2021

“I know now, still happy :) and I won't delete the tweet, sometimes its ok to make a mistake,” he replied while accepting his mistake but also refusing to delete the post. Eventually, Soman issued yet another tweet, this time with a longer explanation.

Sorry, should have checked before my earlier tweet, but was too overcome with joy Priya Malik won Gold at the World wrestling Championships ! Onwards and upwards

— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) July 25, 2021

“Sorry, should have checked before my earlier tweet, but was too overcome with joy Smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes Priya Malik won Gold at the World wrestling Championships ! Onwards and upwards,” he further added.

And even though Soman felt that not deleting the tweet was a great way to show how all human beings make mistakes and that it was alright to do so at times, his followers were considerably less forgiving and thought that by not taking down his incorrect tweet, he was disrespecting the Indian athlete and her accomplishment.

Sir pls delete this. She won at World Championship at Hungry. Even I got excited initially

— Jackson Tolaram (@NarotamJohri) July 25, 2021

Sir it's world wrestling championship and not Olympic... It is held in Hungary...fyi

— Dhaval Thacker (@DhavalThacker2) July 25, 2021

The definition of being Arrogant is as follows: https://t.co/XzYDdbhqQn

— Foolish Man (@kiyaukhadlega) July 25, 2021

You have missed another herohttps://t.co/LFpDMilSOB

— Cum2Papa (@Cum2P) July 25, 2021

Gud that you are congratulating her. But at least please read the details about her achievement. Its World Cadet Championship, not Tokyo Olympics. #priyamalik https://t.co/aJX1AlcTkt

— kiran chopra (@kiri_chopra) July 25, 2021

As of Monday morning, the Indian contingent has bagged just one medal in the form of Mirabai Chanu winning the silver at the 49kg weightlifting category. 

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