Mirabai Chanu: India’s first medal in weightlifting
Japan: India wins the first medal at Tokyo Olympics In the weightlifting category, India’s Mirabai Sanu won the silver medal. As the Tokyo Olympic series got off to a tumultuous start yesterday (July 23), a total of 11 gold medal matches are taking place today. Meanwhile, Mirabai Sanu of India competed in the women’s 49 kg weight category.
Silver medal
Mirabai Sanu wins India’s first medal in the weightlifting category at the Tokyo Olympics. She won the silver within the women’s 49kg category. His lifting at 87kg and 115kg was immense. This gave him a total weight of 202 kg. Meanwhile, China’s Jihui Hu lifted a total weight of 210 kg and won gold with a new Olympic record. Indonesia’s Candida Isa, who finished third with a total of 194 kg, won the bronze medal.
Happy start
Mirabai Sanu holds the medal tally of India in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Series. Prime Minister Modi congratulated Meerabai and tweeted about this. In it, the Prime Minister said there could be no happier start than this. He said India was happy with Mirabai Sanu’s medal.
Disappointment at shooting
Today was another moment when the Indian men’s team defeated the New Zealand team in a hockey match for India. However, today India lost in the quarterfinals of the archery mixed doubles and the final of the 10m air pistol.
Asian countries dominate
However, the consolation and excitement for these tragedies lie in Mirabai Sanu’s silver medal. Did you notice another thing in this? It is noteworthy that the top 3 countries in weightlifting are China, second place in India, and third place in Indonesia.
First “Gold” at the Tokyo Olympics… China set a new record
In Tokyo, the capital of Japan, the Olympic 2020 Games got off to a rousing start yesterday. Due to the corona, matches are being held without fans.
Disappointment
The match, which started early in the morning, was a tragedy for India. Yes! In the women’s 10m air rifle event, India’s first-ever medal event today, Valarivan and Apurvi Sandela lost their chance to advance to the finals in the spring. The two alternately lost from start to finish and missed out on the final. In particular, there was great hope for spring. Because he was a two-time world champion in shooting, he was expected to win a medal anyway. However, the disappointment was overwhelming.
Fans Happy
Following this, archery competitions began. In the mixed doubles elimination round, India’s Praveen Jadhav and Deepika Kumari advanced to the quarterfinals. The Indian team faced the Chinese Taipei team in the match held this morning. In this, India advanced to the quarterfinals by winning 5-3. So, this is India’s first good news today.
Gossipy news
Following this, India – New Zealand clashed in the men’s hockey match this morning. India elected to field first as per the toss. Of course, the fans who watched the match on TV would be heartbroken. Anyway …this morning, it became the second gossipy news for Indian fans
Unreal China
In this case, China has won the first gold in the Tokyo Olympic Series today. China’s Yang Qian wins gold in the women’s 10m air rifle final. Russia’s Anastasia Kalashina won the silver medal. Nina Kristen of Switzerland won the trophy. It was in this category that Valarivan and Apurvi lost in the spring of India. China’s Qian scored a total of 251.8 points. These are the highest points in the 10-meter air rifle division in the Olympic series. In other words, Yang has set a new record with his maximum points at the Olympics.
