Photos: How India fared on the opening weekend of Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Indian weightlifter from Manipur, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu made history for India on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics as she thrust a 115kg barbell up above her with the practiced ease of a world beater. At the Tokyo International Forum, early in the morning of the first day after Olympics was declared open, Chanu won the silver in 49kg women’s weightlifting with a combined total of 202kg. It marked the first time that India has won a medal on the opening day of an Olympics, signalling what may turn out to be a landmark Games for the Indian contingent. A look at how Indians fared at the opening weekend of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu reacts after a successful attempt at Snatch in the women's 49kg event, in Tokyo, on July 24. Chanu wrote history for India with the first medal on the first day on Tokyo Olympics 2020. She won the silver in 49kg women’s weightlifting with a combined total of 202kg. It marked the first time that India won a medal on the opening day of an Olympics.(Gurinder Osan / PTI)
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India's Manika Batra hits a shot against Britain's Tin-Tin Ho during their women's singles round 1 table tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, in Tokyo on July 24. Batra went on to beat Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska in Round 2 eventually crashing out of the tournament after losing to Austria’s Sofia Polcanova in Round 3 on July 26.(Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
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Chirag Shetty with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy during their match against Lee Yang of Taiwan and Wang Chi-Lin of Taiwan in the Badminton Men's Doubles group stage at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, in Tokyo on July 24. They lost to Indonesia’s Gideon Marcus Fernaldi and Sukamuljo Kevin Sanjaya on July 26.(Leonhard Foeger / REUTERS)
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Deepika Kumari and Pravin Ramesh Jadhav of India during Archery - Mixed Team – Quarterfinals, at Yumenoshima Archery Field, in Tokyo on July 24. The Indian duo beat Chinese Taipei 5-3 in Round of 16 and lost to Korea 2-6 in Quarterfinals.(Clodagh Kilcoyne / REUTERS)
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