The first medals at Tokyo 2020 have been traditionally awarded by the IOC President.
Since the 1900 edition of the Olympics, India has won 29 medals. Here’s a quick rundown of each of India’s Olympic medalists.
A two-medal haul in its debut kick-started India’s campaign at the Olympics. It has since gone on to win 29 medals across 24 Olympic Games – including golds, silvers, and bronze.
At the Tokyo Olympics, China became the first country to win a gold medal. In the women’s 10-meter air rifle competition, Qian Yang won the gold medal by a hair over Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina. Takato Naohisa won the first gold medal for Japan in the judo men’s -60kg event, defeating Chinese Taipei’s Yang Yung Wei.
On Saturday, Mirabai Chanu made Indian weightlifting history by becoming the first woman to win silver in the 49-kg weightlifting division at the Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai won the gold medal after lifting 87 kg in snatch and 115 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 202 points in the final. This was India’s first Olympic medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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