India’s weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has won the country’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics 2021, with a silver in women’s 49kg.
Her best in Snatch was 87 kg and in Clean & Jerk 115 kg, which gave her a combined weight of 202kg.
China’s Zhihui Hou won the gold with new Olympic record combined weight of 210kg and the Bronze went to Cantika Aisah of Indonesia for lifting a combined weight of 194kg.
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has won the World Championships and multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games and was awarded the Padma Shri for her contributions to the sport and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards by the Government of India for the year 2018.