In Pics | Mirabai Chanu wins Silver at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
Mirabai ended India's 21-year old wait for a medal in weightlifting at the Olympics. She did one better than Karnam Malleshwari's Bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Weightlifting - Women's 49kg - Group A - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India reacts. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - SP1EH7O0FU1NL
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comChanu Saikhom Mirabai of India competes in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. She won the silver medal. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Weightlifting - Women's 49kg - Group A - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India in action. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - SP1EH7O0I01XP
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Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India competes in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India competes in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Weightlifting - Women's 49kg - Group A - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India in action. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - SP1EH7O0FNBMO
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Weightlifting - Women's 49kg - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Silver medalist Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India reacts. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - SP1EH7O0J9K4A
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Chanu Saikhom Mirabai of India celebrates on the podium after winning the silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Chanu Saikhom Mirabai of India celebrates on the podium after winning the silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Chanu Saikhom Mirabai of India celebrates on the podium after winning the silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
