In Photos: Mirabai Chanu steals the show on Day 1, Sumit Nagal also scripts history in Tokyo
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Image Source : Getty ImagesMirabai Chanu created history by clinching India's first silver medal in weightlifting in Olympics' history. Chanu won the medal in the 49kg category.
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The 26-year-old lifted 87kg in snatch and 115kg in the Clean and Jerk event to score a total of 202 during the 49kg category final to create Indian history.
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With the silver medal, Chanu also opened India's medal account at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Sumit Nagal became only the third Indian to win a men's singles match at an Olympics edition and the first in 25 years, when he edged past Denis Istomin in a three-setter at Tokyo.
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The Indian men's hockey team made a winning start to their 2020 Tokyo Olympics campaign with a 3-2 victory over New Zealand in their Group A game.
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The Indian mixed team in archery comprising Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav crashed out in the quarterfinals, losing to South Korea 2-6. Earlier, the two had secured a place in the quarterfinals by overcoming the Chinese Taipei pair of Lin Chia-En and Tang Chin-Chun.
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The start to India's table tennis campaign was disappointing with A Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra losing 0-4. Though India's slim hopes for a table tennis medal in mixed doubles vanished in no time, Manika and Sutirtha Mukherjee made promising starts to their women's singles campaign.
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Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out a sensational show to beat the world no. 3 pair of Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang of Chinese Taipei.
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Indian shooters were off to a poor start at the Tokyo Olympics as first-timer Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the finals of the women's 10m air rifle event.
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Indian judoka Sushila Devi's challenge in the Tokyo Olympics came to an early end as she lost her contest to Hungarian Eva Csernoviczki.
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The Indian women's hockey team fought valiantly in the first two quarters before losing steam to go down 1-5 against world no.1 Netherlands in their Tokyo Olympics opener.
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Indian medal hope Saurabh Chaudhary could not replicate the form he displayed in the qualifications to finish a disappointing seventh in the men's 10m air pistol final.
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Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) was out-punched 0-5 and left with a bloodied eye by local favourite Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa as he bowed out of Tokyo Olympics.