Tokyo Olympics: Manipur government will give a gift of Rs 1 crore to Mirabai; Reward for getting silver medal for India in weightlifting

 

India has won its first medal in Tokyo Olympics. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg weight category by lifting a total of 202 kg. Mira is the first Indian athlete to win a medal on the first day of the Olympics. Hou Jihui of China won the gold medal by lifting 210 kg. Indonesia's Cantika Windi won the bronze.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh also had a live conversation with Mirabai. He has announced that a reward of Rs 1 crore will be given to Meera by the Manipur government. Biren Singh shared the online conversation on social media.

Expressing happiness, Biren Singh said that at the time when Mirabai won the medal, a meeting was going on with Home Minister Amit Shah with all the Chief Ministers of North East. In such a situation, in the middle of the meeting, Biren Singh gave the news of getting the medal and then everyone stood up and congratulated Meera.

Team India's great start in badminton

The pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Ranki Reddy got success in the Badminton Men's Doubles group match. They defeated world No. 3 pair Li Yang and Wang Chi 21-16, 16-21, 27-25 in an interesting match. In the next round, Satwik-Chirag will take on Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo on July 26.

Women's hockey team lost

India's women's hockey team lost in the first match. The Netherlands defeated him 5–1 in the match of Pull-A. Team India will face Germany in the next group match.

India's disappointing start in boxing

India has had a disappointing start in boxing. Vikas Krishan Yadav had to face defeat. With this, his journey in the Olympics has come to an end. Vikas was defeated by Japan's Oka Jawa.

Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary suffered defeat

Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary finished seventh in the final of the 10m air pistol event. Saurabh finished first in the qualifying round of the 6-series scoring 586 out of 600 but could not do well in the final.

Team India's great start in men's hockey

In men's hockey, India made a great start by defeating New Zealand 3-2. The pair of Deepika Kumari and Praveen Jadhav lost in the quarterfinals of the Archery Mixed Event. At the same time, in women's 10m air rifle event in shooting, Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela of India could not qualify for the final. India's Sushila Devi had to face defeat in Judo.

Harmanpreet scored two goals

In men's hockey, India defeated New Zealand 3-2 in Pool A of the men's section. For India, Harmanpreet Singh (26th and 33rd minute) scored two goals and Rupinder Pal Singh (10th minute) scored one goal. For New Zealand, Ken Russell scored the first goal in the sixth minute and Stephen Jaynes (43rd minute) scored the second goal. This was the 8th encounter between India and New Zealand at the Olympic Games. In this, the Indian team has won for the 5th time.

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