India has registered their best ever win at Tokyo Olympics. At Tokyo Olympics, India has surpassed its astounding haul of six medals at London 2012. With Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold, India won seven medals at Tokyo Olympics.
Neeraj Chopra gave India the first-ever track and field medal in Olympics. On June 29, Chopra threw the Javelin 87.58m to clinch the gold medal. He became India’s second individual Olympic champion after Abhinav Bindra. Also, it was India’s first track-and-field medal at any Olympic Games.
Other medalists at Tokyo Olympics include:
Mirabai Chanu– Silver Medal- Weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu has made India’s debut medal at Tokyo 2020. With a silver medal in the women’s 49kg, she won her first medal at the Olympics. Karnam Malleswari’s bronze at Sydney 2000 was the first to win the Olympic weightlifting medal.
Lovlina Borgohain – Bronze medal – women’s welterweight (64-69kg)
At Games it was Lovlina Borgohain debut, when she won the bronze medal. In the semi-final she lost to Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in the women’s 69kg. Beating Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen in quarter- finals won her the medal.
PV Sindhu – Bronze medal – women’s singles badminton
PV Sindhu became the first Indian woman and only the second Indian athlete after Sushil Kumar to win two individual Olympic medals. In the women’s singles, she beat China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 to win the bronze medal.
This is the third confirmed medal at Tokyo 2020. At Rio 2016, India had won only two medals.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Silver medal – men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling
In his debut at Olympics, Dahiya had assured himself a medal. Ravi Kumar Dahiya lost to twice world champion Zavur Uguev of ROC in the final of the men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling. This was a great feat as a debutant, earning him the silver medal.
It was India’s second silver medal in wrestling after Sushil Kumar at London 2012.
Indian hockey team – Bronze medal – men’s hockey
Much much awaited medal for India was that of hockey at Olympics. India after four decades, garnered the Olympic medal in hockey since the gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
India made a great comeback to beat Germany 5-4 and claim the bronze medal. It is India’s third bronze medal after the 1968 and 1972 Games.
Bajrang Punia – Bronze medal – men’s 65kg wrestling
Third debutant from India, beat Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov, a World Championships silver-medallist, in the men’s 65kg freestyle wrestling playoff to secure the bronze medal.
Bajrang Punia’s medal was the sixth medal equaling the six medal haul at London 2012.
Lining up the seven medals of India at Tokyo 2020 :
| Athlete | Medal | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Mirabai Chanu | Silver | Women’s 49kg weightlifting |
| Lovlina Borgohain | Bronze | Women’s welterweight boxing |
| PV Sindhu | Bronze | Women’s singles badminton |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Silver | Men’s 57kg wrestling |
| Indian hockey team | Bronze | Men’s hockey |
| Bajrang Punia | Bronze | Men’s 65kg wrestling |
| Neeraj Chopra | Gold | Men’s javelin throw |
Tabinda Mir is a writer from Kashmir. She is an English Honours graduate and her interests primarily dwell in poetry and sports writing. She likes to cover Cricket as an avid fan. Apart from sports, her other publications include articles, poems and a letter to summer in the book titled, “Under The Summer Skies”.
Also, her leisure time activities include reading novels, poetry, non literary works, philosophies and writing poetry, short stories, articles on diverse themes.
