Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in Weightlifting (49kg) category to open India's medal account at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian weightlifter to win a silver medal in Olympics history.
Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in Weightlifting (49kg) category to open India's medal account at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Karnam Malleswari, the first Indian woman to clinch an Olympic medal, has pinned her hopes on Mirabai Chanu to bag top honours at the Tokyo Olympics. Malleswari is confident about Chanu delivering a strong performance at the showpiece.
Following is India's schedule on the second day of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
Let's take a look at who are the major rivals that Indian weightlifter's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu faces on the day as Tokyo Olympics kicks off this weekend.
In the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, everything associated with staging a comeback -- from challenges unforseen to situations unexpected -- bowed to the resilience and perseverance of the Indian weightlifter.
Chanu had a disappointing outing at the 2016 Rio Games. She had failed to record a legal lift in any of her three attempts in clean and jerk and thus could not get an overall total in the women's 48kg.
With North Korea withdrawing from the Olympics, it is likely to be a two-way race between Chanu and the lifter representing China in the 49kg category.
Navya Nanda reminded that amid the ongoing sports events like IPL and football leagues, they should not forget to cheer for Vinesh Phogat, Divya Kakran, Mirabai Chanu and Anshu Malik for their triumphs at the Asian Championship.
Chanu stands to gain if North Korea sticks to its decision of withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics as her nearest rival in race to the berth is a North Korean.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
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Ragala Venkat Rahul and Punam Yadav are the other two nominations sent by the Indian Weightlifting Federation to the Sports Ministry.
Mirabai had suffered a lower back injury after the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, missing the 2018 Asian Games and the World Championships.
The lifters are currently staying at Sports Authority of India's National Center of Excellence in Patiala.
For the last four years, Mirabai has laboured for a successful Olympic outing but all she can think right now is about the fate of the July 24 to August 9 Tokyo Games, which could be postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak
Former world champion Chanu currently occupies third place in the women's 49kg world rankings following the cancellation of the Asian Championships.
The 25-year-old Manipuri, representing Railways here, lifted 88kg in snatch in her second attempt and 115kg in clean and jerk for a total of 203kg.
India's Olympic bronze medallist Karnam Malleswari has said that Mirabai Chanu can bring gold medal at the 2020 Olympics.
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