India at Tokyo Olympics: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated India’s ace weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu after she opened India’s medals tally at Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday with a silver in the Women’s 49kg category.
“Could not have asked for a happier start to @Tokyo2020! India is elated by @mirabai_chanu’s stupendous performance. Congratulations to her for winning the Silver medal in weightlifting. Her success motivates every Indian. #Cheer4India #Tokyo2020,” PM Modi tweeted.
Could not have asked for a happier start to @Tokyo2020! India is elated by @mirabai_chanu’s stupendous performance. Congratulations to her for winning the Silver medal in weightlifting. Her success motivates every Indian. #Cheer4India #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/B6uJtDlaJo
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 24, 2021
“Heartiest congratulations to Mirabai Chanu for starting the medal tally for India in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by winning silver medal in weightlifting,” President Kovind tweeted.
Heartiest congratulations to Mirabai Chanu for starting the medal tally for India in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by winning silver medal in weightlifting.
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) July 24, 2021
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Thakur also took to Twitter and wrote, “India’s 1st medal on day 1 ! @mirabai_chanu wins SILVER in women’s 49kg weightlifting! India is so proud of you Mira ! #TeamIndia #Tokyo2020.”
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also congratulated the weightlifter as he tweeted: “Congratulations to @mirabai_chanu for winning a hard earned and well deserved Silver Medal in the Women Weightlifting competition at the #OlympicGames in Tokyo. She has made the nation proud with her amazing achievement.”
Congratulations to @mirabai_chanu for winning a hard earned and well deserved Silver Medal in the Women Weightlifting competition at the #OlympicGames in Tokyo.
She has made the nation proud with her amazing achievement.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) July 24, 2021
Little Master Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Mirabai Chanu opened India’s medals tally on Saturday as she bagged a silver in the Women’s 49kg category here at Tokyo International Forum. “Mirabai Chanu! Absolutely amazing display of weightlifting. The way you have transformed yourself after your injury and clinched a historic silver for #TeamIndia is absolutely stupendous. You have made India very proud,” tweeted Tendulkar.
𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗨!🥈👏🏻 🏋🏻♀️
Absolutely amazing display of weightlifting.
The way you have transformed yourself after your injury and clinched a historic silver for #TeamIndia is absolutely stupendous.
You have made 🇮🇳 very proud. #Tokyo2020 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/pacYIgQ7LK
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 24, 2021
Many congratulations to @mirabai_chanu on the silver medal win. Stepping up at the biggest stage. The entire nation will be proud of that performance! 🥈#Olympics #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/V3Z2mEZoOK
— P.T. USHA (@PTUshaOfficial) July 24, 2021
Congratulations to #MirabaiChanu 👏 Our country’s first medal at the #TokyoOlympics 😊 Take a bow 🇮🇳👏 pic.twitter.com/SosgcE4X3m
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) July 24, 2021
Congratulations to @mirabai_chanu on opening #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 medal tally @Tokyo2020 by winning the Silver medal in weightlifting! You have brought immense joy to the entire nation. #Cheer4India #MirabaiChanu pic.twitter.com/tszk2NoejU
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) July 24, 2021
Ghazab.
Bhartiya Naari Sab par Bhaari.#MirabaiChanu , remember the name.
Thank you for making us all proud @mirabai_chanu , and winning us a Silver at the Olympics. Many more to come. #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/2KQwMvNuRz— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 24, 2021
@mirabai_chanu pic.twitter.com/tBy02f4SiE
— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) July 24, 2021
India at Tokyo Olympics: 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.
India at Tokyo Olympics: 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.
