INDIA AT TOKYO OLYMPICS
ATTEMPTS AND ACHIEVMENTS

Tokyo Olympics

Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra is only 23 and yet, he has already become one of the greatest
Indian Olympians of all time. Neeraj Chopra wins gold at Tokyo Olympics:
This is the biggest day of my life, says javelin star. Tokyo 2020 Olympics star
Neeraj Chopra created history on Saturday as he won the men's javelin on
Saturday [7 August] with a best throw of 87.58 metres to claim a historic first
Olympic athletics gold medal for India.
A Commonwealth Games champion, an Asian
Games champion Now, an Olympic Champion.

Mirabai Chanu
Mirabai Chanu on July 24 opened
India's medal tally in the
ongoing Tokyo Olympics after she
bagged a silver medal in
weightlifting (women's 49kg
category).

Mirabai Chanu on July 24 opened India's medal tally in the
ongoing Tokyo Olympics after she bagged a silver medal in
weightlifting (women's 49kg category). During her four
successful attempts in the competition, the weightlifter lifted a
total of 202 kg, which included 87 kg in a snatch and 115 in
clean and jerk. After she won the medal, wishes from across
the country poured in and people hailed the weightlifter for her
feat.

In her debut Olympic Games Assamese boxer Lovlina
Borgohain assured India its second medal at Tokyo 2020
when she beat Chinese Taipei’s Nien- Chin Chen in a
4:1 split decision in women's welterweight quarter-finals
to reach the semi-finals. Borgohain who shot to fame in
2017 after she won a bronze medal at the Asian Boxing
Championships in the Women's Welterweight category,
beat Germany's Nadine Apetz 3:2 in the Round of 16.
Obtains at least a bronze Medal for India!

Lovlina Boroghain's Wins, Ensures Second Medal_23-year-
old Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain brought cheer to the
country at the Tokyo Olympics. The first woman boxer from
Assam at the Games came up with a commanding display.
She assured India of its first boxing medal when she upstaged
former world champion Nien- Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to
enter the semi finals on Friday.

Tokyo 2020: PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu-Ying in semis, fought for bronze now
PV Sindhu's hopes of securing India's first-ever Olympic gold in
badminton came crashing down as she slumped to a straight-game
defeat against world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women's
singles semifinals in Tokyo on Saturday. The 26-year-old silver -
medallist from the Rio Games, however, remained in the hunt for a
bronze medal and competed against China's He Bing Jiao in the third
place play-off at Musashino Forest Plaza on Sunday and won.

Sindu wins Historic Bronze.

Kamalpreet Kaur
India's Kamalpreet Kaur manages a distance of 60.00m in her first throw, currently 4th best after her
attempt in the 1st round. She ends 6th after the opening round..

BRONZE MEDAL FOR INDIAN HOCKEY [MEN] TEAM:
The Indian side defeated Germany 5-4 on August 5 at Oi Hockey Stadium
to win the bronze medal. India made a 5-4 victory over Germany that gave
India their 12th hockey medal in the Olympics but one that came after over
four decades.
The last time India stood on the podium was at the 1980 Moscow Games
where they won gold. The country has eight gold medals in all the Games.
Simranjeet Singh, Hardik Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, and Rupinder Pal
Singh were the other goal-getters for India.

India’s dream of a bronze
medal in their maiden entry
into the semifinal by the
women’s hockey team
came crashing down as it
lost 4-3 to Great Britain in a
Bronze medal play-off at
the Tokyo Olympics on
Friday. [6 / 8]
The Indians played their hearts out, storming back after
trailing 0-2 to take the lead but could not maintain the
tempo as Great Britain scored the winner in the fourth
quarter to claim the bronze medal, their third medal in
three Olympic Games starting from London 2012.
“We did not win a medal, but I think we have won
something bigger. We have made Indians proud
again and we inspired millions of girls that dreams
CAN come true as long as you work hard for it and
believe it! Thanks for all the support!”
Indian Women's Hockey Team

This Is Not A Defeat But A Win! Social Media Lauds Indian Women's
Hockey Team Despite Losing Olympics Bronze Play-off 3-4 to Great Britain

Ravi Kumar on Thursday clinched an Olympic silver after losing his
57kg final to Russian two-time defending world champion Zavur Uguev.
This is India's second silver and fifth medal overall at the Tokyo
Olympics. Ravi is the fourth Indian male wrestler, and fifth overall, to win
a medal at the Olympics. His medal also marks the fourth consecutive
medal for India at the Olympics in wrestling.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya joins a list of five Indian wrestlers who have made the
country proud at the biggest stage in the world of sport.

On August 4, by the time the last minute of the semi-final match was left,
Ravi Dahiya had lost 9 points and the Kazakhstan wrestler had a lead of
four points. But in the last few seconds, Dahiya pinned down the
opponent, that is, dropped him down and put both his shoulders on the
mat. In wrestling, it is called Victory By Fall. The wrestler who does this
wins his bout at the same time.
Ravi Dahiya apologized to the people of the country after his loss in the
final and said that he is disappointed because he could not win the gold
medal for the country as per the expectations.

Ravi Dahiya on Thursday became
the second ever Indian wrestler to win
an Olympic silver. Ravi secured the
medal after losing in the final of the
men’s 57kg freestyle event to Russian
Olympic Committee's Zavur Uguev.
He is the third ever Indian to win an
individual Olympic silver after Sushil
Kumar (wrestling, London 2012) and
PV Sindhu (badminton, Rio 2016).

India's freestyle wrestler
Bajrang Punia won against
Ernaaz Akmataliev in the
65kg freestyle wrestling
event. The World No. 2
India has now progressed
to the quarter-finals at
Makuhari Messe Hall A.
Bajrang Punia defeats
Iran's Mortaza Ghiasi
Cheka by fall, enters semi-
finals. Then Bajrang Punia
Won Bronze.

Heartbreak! Aditi Ashok’s quest for a medal at
Tokyo 2020 was the standout Indian
performance at the Olympic Games. Ashok,
quite remarkably, hugged the winner, Nelly
Korda, and congratulated her playing partner
Lydia Ko. More than the bonhomie which is par
for the course on tour, the sheer poise and
composure from this young golfer who
obviously has a glittering career ahead of her
was nothing short of extraordinary.

With a pandemic raging, Tokyo 2020 was going to be a tough one, not just
for the Indian athletes, but for everyone. Still, there was something about this
contingent that made one feel this Olympics is going to be special.
This 124-member squad had World Champions, World Cup Winners, World
No.1s, teenagers who had taken the world by storm, first-timers in events
India had little clue about. And of course, a bunch of stick-wielding hopefuls,
some trying to bring back the glory days, and a few who were already
anointed as trailblazers. And, at the end of India's Tokyo sojourn, the
country's medal tally stands at seven. One better than London and officially,
Tokyo 2020 has become India's best-ever Olympics.