Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu Receives India's First Medal, Paddler Manika Batra Cruises In Singles Round 2.
Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gave India its first decoration at Tokyo 2020 as she won the silver award in the ladies' 49kg class while paddler Manika Batra won her initially round ladies' singles match in straight games.
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gave India its first decoration in Tokyo 2020 as she won the silver award in the ladies' 49kg classification as China's Zhihu Hou took gold. China's Zhihu raised 94kg to make an Olympic record, while Mirabai Chanu enlisted another Olympic record with a fruitful lift of 115 kilograms in the quick charge.
Indian shooters, be that because it may, baffled as Saurabh Chaudhary finished seventh in men's 10m Air Pistol last. Elavenil Valarivan completed at sixteenth while Apurvi Chandela finished 36th and neglected to qualify in the 10m air rifle ladies' capability round.
On a table tennis singles occasion, Manika Batra won her initially round match against Tin-Tin Ho of Great Britain in straight games. In duplicates, India's Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra lost in consecutive games against the Chinese Taipei pair of Yun Ju Lin and Ching I Cheng in their Round of 16 conflicts in the blended copies occasion.
In tennis, Sumit Nagal won his initial round singles match against the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Denis Istomin about Uzbekistan. Indian badminton men's copies pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty conquered a troublesome test from the Chinese Taipei's couple Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang.
In the meantime, badminton player Sai Praneeth lost to Misha Zilberman of Israel in the men's singles Group Stage. India beat New Zealand 3-2 in the Pool A match in men's hockey as they recuperated from an awful beginning right off the bat in the game. Indian ladies' hockey group will likewise be launching their mission on Day 2. In Archery, India's Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav lost to South Korea's A San and Kim Je Deok in the quarterfinal.