Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches silver medal

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gave India its first medal at Tokyo 2020 as she won the silver medal in the women's 49kg category.

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gave India its first medal at Tokyo 2020 as she won the silver medal in the women's 49kg category. Chanu lifted a total of 202 kg (87kg in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk) during her four successful attempts across the competition. China's Zhihui Hou bagged gold with a total of 210kg and created a new Olympic Record while Indonesia's Windy Cantika Aisah grabbed bronze with a total of 194kg. With this monumental silver medal, Chanu has become the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal after Karnam Malleswari bagged bronze in the 69kg category at the 2000 Sydney Games when the weightlifting arena was opened to women for the first time. MEDAL ALERT: Mirabai Chanu wins Silver medal in Weightlifting (49 kg category). She becomes only 2nd weightlifter ever to win an Olympic medal. Such a proud moment folks #Tokyo2020withIndia_AllSports pic.twitter.com/z31qg9zV6O