Tokyo 2020: Women proceed to make India proud at Olympics with 7 medals out of 15 since 2000

Lovlina Borgohain on Friday assured a second medal for India after she defeated the Taiwan Boxer Nien Chin Chen in Women’s welterweight quarter-final within the Tokyo Olympics 2020. With this win, she has added to the rising record of ladies who’ve received laurels for India on the quadrennial Summer Games.

As per the official Olympics web site, India has received 30 medals for the reason that 1900 Games and of this, 11 have been received by the Indian Hockey Team until the 1980 video games. From 1980 until 2000, India had a somewhat disappointing run on the video games, with simply Leander Peas successful a bronze within the 1996 video games.The actual story begins with the 2000 Olympics held at Sydney. Since 2000, India has received 15 medals, all of them coming in particular person occasions. Of the 15 medals received, 7 have been as of date received by girls, thus, exhibiting that regardless of the challenges confronted by girls in sports activities on this nation, they’ve proved their prowess by coming neck-to-neck with the boys.TOKYO 2020: Full Coverage | Day 7 HighlightsHere is the record of all of the Women who’ve made India proud on the Summer video games.SYDNEY 2000: KARNAM MALLESHWARI, BRONZE MEDAL: Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari clinched the bronze medal within the 54 kg class, turning into the primary Indian lady to win an Olympic medal. She had lifted 110 kg within the snatch class and 130 kg within the clear and jerk, for a complete of 240 kg.LONDON 2012: India’s finest ever efficiency on the Olympics with six medals coming into India’s kitty — of which two have been received by the girlsMARY KOM, BRONZE MEDAL: The Manipur-born boxer was on a fantastic run earlier than being halted by eventual champion Nicola Adams of Great Britain within the semis.SAINA NEHWAL, BRONZE MEDAL: Saina Nehwal turned the primary Indian badminton participant to win an Olympic medal when her opponent, China’s Wang Xin, was compelled to retire damage through the match within the semi-final.RIO 2016: In the Rio Games, India received two medals, each of them received by WomenPV SINDHU, SILVER MEDAL — WOMEN’S SINGLES BADMINTON: PV Sindhu reached the ultimate of the 2016 Summer Olympics earlier than dropping to Spain’s Carolina Marin in a feisty, 83-minute duel.SAKSHI MALIK, BRONZE MEDAL — WOMEN’S 58KG WRESTLING, RIO 2016: Sakshi Malik turned the primary feminine Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal. She beat Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova 85 to win the 58 kg bronze and ensured India had received an Olympic wrestling medal in three consecutive Games.MIRABAI CHANU, SILVER MEDAL — WOMEN’S 49KG WEIGHTLIFTING, TOKYO 2020: Ace weightlifter Mirabai Chanu put behind the frustration of Rio 2016 to carry a complete of 202 kg to win the silver medal within the girls’s 49 kg class. It is her first Olympic medal and made her the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to win an Olympic medal. It is India’s first medal on the Tokyo Olympics.LOVLINA BORGOHAIN — WOMEN’S WELTERWEIGHT (64-69KG), TOKYO 2020: On her Games debut, Lovlina Borgohain has been assured of no less than a bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics after beating Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen within the quarter-finals of the ladies’s 69 kg class.India continues to be is within the race for extra medals within the Tokyo Games, with the Men’s Hockey Team securing a positive Top 2 end for qualifying within the Quarter finals together with PV Sindhu, Boxer Satish Kumar, Archer Deepika Kumari within the quarterfinals.