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Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in the women s 49kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics (PTI Photo) It may have been a day to forget for Indian athletes in Tokyo on Monday, but back home, memories were being made. Jubilant scenes played out at the Capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday as weightlifter Mirabai Chanu landed from Tokyo, the prized silver medal in the bag and her face behind a mask and face shield. Between the smiles and the incessant waving to the crowd, airport staff and fellow travellers, the weightlifter and her team revealed the pain that accompanied her medal performance, of how abdominal cramps a night before the competition almost threw her equilibrium and preparation completely out of gear. ....
Touchy Chinese diplomats have accused Western media of posting an ugly photo of one of its gold-winning weightlifters to make China look bad. Hou Zhihui won the first weightlifting gold of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, the first of three gold medals won by her country. China s Embassy in Sri Lanka lashed out at media agency Reuters for posting a photo in its coverage of the win in a fiery outpour on Twitter. The embassy bizarrely called the choice of photo shameless and accused Reuters of being biased and putting ideology above sport. In the photo at the centre of the controversy, 24-year-old weightlifter Hou Zhihui is simply captured straining as she picks up a 49kg barbell ....
TOKYO 2020…TOKYO 2020… Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz made history yesterday when she became the first athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic gold medal The 30-year-old Rio 2016 silver medallist from the southern city of Zamboanga realised her dream in the women’s 55kg class at the Tokyo International Forum, smashing her personal best to see off world record holder Liao Qiuyun of China who had to settle for silver. With Liao setting a target of 223kg, just four kilogrammes shy of her own world record, Diaz was faced with a final clean and jerk of 127kg to win â fully 5kg more than she had ever achieved in competition. ....