Chanu lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to bag India's first medal at the Tokyo showpiece and better Karnam Malleswari's bronze of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Chopra clinched the country's maiden Olympic medal in athletics with a best throw of 87.58m on Saturday to become only the second Indian to win an individual yellow metal in the Games.
Indian fans can catch all the live action of the country's para athletes during the upcoming Paralympics with the Paralympic Committee of India awarding the rights to broadcast the Games to Eurosport India.
Losing is not the end of the problem for Indian athletes at Tokyo, but trolling on social media -- which has become the latest tool of intimidation -- is.
The Olympic monument, around 32.6 meters wide, 15.3 meters high and weighing 69 tons, was first unveiled in January 2020.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's gold medal-winning performance has been rated as one of the 10 magical moments of the Tokyo Olympic Games by World Athletics.
Deep Grace Ekka and Namita Toppo (both women’s team), Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas (men’s team) were received at the Biju Patnaik International Airport.
With a total of 11,500 participants and more than 50,000 reaching Tokyo, the Olympic Games were expected to be Coronavirus super spreader.
Neeraj Chopra's former coach's contract with SAI ran out at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
While Australia has been a hockey powerhouse after the 1980s, reigning Olympic and world champions Belgium took the game by storm in the last 10 years by finishing runners-up in 2016 Rio and then winning the gold in Tokyo Games.
Indian compound archery girls and the mixed team broke two junior world records during the qualification stages of the ongoing World Archery Youth Championship.
Just after losing 2-5 to world champions and eventual Olympic gold medallist Belgium, Modi called Manpreet and chief coach Graham Reid and consoled them while also motivating the entire team for the job ahead.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) 'temporarily suspended' star grappler Vinesh Phogat for indiscipline during her forgettable Tokyo Olympics campaign.
President Ram Nath Kovind will host the Indian Olympics contingent over a high tea at the Rashtrapati Bhavan cultural centre.
The Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the non-selection of Arjuna Awardee para shuttler Raj Kumar for the mixed doubles badminton event in the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics.
Following Chopra's success at the Tokyo Olympics, the official handle's video celebrating the thrower's iconic win was the most-watched Olympics video on Twitter in India.
The 23-year-old Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold in Tokyo on Saturday when he clinched the yellow metal in javelin throw with a best effort of 87.58m.
Chopra became not just India's first Olympic gold-medallist in 13 years but also the first track and field athlete to achieve the feat.
The decision in this regard was taken at the state cabinet meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The cabinet also appreciated the medal winners.
Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday felicitated the Tokyo Olympic medallists who brought laurels to the country
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