List Of All Indian Medal Winners From The Tokyo Olympics.
India won the highest record of 7 medals in the Olympics because it won 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze in Tokyo.
From Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal in weightlifting on the second day of the Tokyo Olympics to Saturday’s historic gold medal in Neeraj Chopra’s javelin, India announced the best medal in Olympic history List. With one gold, two silver and four bronze medals, India won a total of seven medals in Tokyo, surpassing the six best medals previously won at the 2012 London Olympics. The tricolor flag of India is raised during weightlifting, hockey and badminton medal ceremonies. , Wrestling, boxing and track and field events in this Olympic Games.
Here’s a look at all the Indian medallists in Tokyo:
Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting) – Silver Medal
Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 202 kg (87 kg + 115 kg) in the women’s 49 kg class and won the silver medal. Chanu fell behind China’s Hou Zhihui to win the gold medal, while Indonesia’s Windy Aisah won the bronze medal. This is India’s second overall medal won in the Olympic weightlifting competition. Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari previously won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
PV Sindhu (Badminton) – Bronze Medal
India’s badminton star PV Sindhu moved on from where he left at the last Olympics and brought another medal to the country in the women’s singles competition. After winning the silver medal in Rio in 2016, Xin Du defeated Chinese player He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15 in the bronze medal match and won the bronze medal.
Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing) – Bronze Medal
Following the bronze medals of Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom in 2008 and 2012 respectively, Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain won the country’s third Olympic boxing medal after winning the bronze medal in the women’s welterweight (64-69 kg) . She showed great courage in the semifinals against the final Turkish champion Busenaz Surmeneli (Busenaz Surmeneli), but lost by unanimous decision. After losing to the Turks in the final, China’s Hong Gu won the silver medal.
Indian Team (Men’s Hockey) – Bronze Medal
The Indian men’s ice hockey team ended a 41-year Olympic medal shortage after beating Germany 5-4 in the bronze medal match. India has won eight gold medals in men’s hockey games at the Olympic Games. The last time India won an Olympic medal in this sport was at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where it won the gold medal.
Ravi Dahiya (Wrestling) – Silver Medal
India’s Ravi Dahiya lost to Zavur Ugyev of the Republic of China 4-7 in the final and ranked second in the men’s 57kg freestyle group. Dahia showed great determination. He pushed the two-time world champion Ugyev to the limit, painfully approaching to win the gold medal for the country. However, Uguev used his experience to cross the line and made Dahiya happy with the silver medal.
Bajrang Punia (Wrestling) – Bronze Medal
Bajrang Punia defeated Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov 8-0 in the men’s 65kg freestyle, winning India’s second wrestling medal and winning the bronze medal. After losing to Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan in the semifinals, Badjelang defeated his Kazakh opponent in the bronze medal game.
Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw) – Gold Medal
India’s first Olympic track and field gold medal came from Tokyo, when Neeraj Chopra performed well and secured victory with the best throwing record of 87.58 meters in the final. Jakub Vadlejch and Vitezslav Vesely from the Czech Republic won the silver and bronze medals respectively. This is also India’s first gold medal since Abhinav Bindra in Beijing in 2008 and the second individual gold medal in history.
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