Tokyo Olympics 2020: India’s Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal in Weightlifting-India in olympics
Mirabai Chanu earned a silver medal in 49 kg weightlifting, giving India its first medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
On Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, she became the first Indian weightlifter to win a silver medal when she won the women’s 49kg category.
This is also India’s first appearance at the Tokyo Olympics.
Chanu is India’s second Olympic weightlifting medalist, after Karnam Malleswari.
Malleswari did earn a bronze medal, but Chanu made India, particularly women, proud by winning silver.