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Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai Chanu wins silver, opens India’s medal account on Day 1

Mirabai Chanu lifts 87kg in snatch and then 115kg in the clean and jerk of women's weightlifting in 49kg category.

Mirabai Chanu gave India a perfect start on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics as she clinched the country’s first weightlifting silver in the 49kg category. Ending India’s 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics, the 26-year-old on Saturday gave India their first Tokyo Olympics medal.
Mirabai lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. This comes as a big achievement for Mirabai, failed to log a single legitimate lift in Rio 2016 Olympics.

source Reuter

Congratulations #MirabaiChanu on making #IND proud and bringing us GLORY. Our first medal at the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics, SILVER medal in the Women's 49kg #weightlifting . #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/8nK8xHKNYG

— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) July 24, 2021

China's Hou Zhihui won the gold decoration with an exertion of 210kg (94kg+116kg) , while Aisah Windy Cantika of Indonesia brought home the bronze with an exertion of 194kg (84kg+110kg).

The Manipuri took the maximum amount time as is required and neatly hurled the hand weight, endeavoring 84kg in her first grab endeavor. She then, at that time lifted 87kg in her next endeavor and raised the load to 89kg, which was one 1kg quite her own better of 88kg that she had lifted at the general public title last year.

In any case, she couldn't better her own best and agreed to 87kg within the grab occasion just behind pioneer Zhihui, who made another Olympic record with an exertion of 94kg.

India strikes first medal at Olympic #Tokyo2020
Mirabai Chanu wins silver Medal in 49 kg Women's Weightlifting and made India proud🇮🇳
Congratulations @mirabai_chanu ! #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/NCDqjgdSGe

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) July 24, 2021