Tokyo
Olympics
2020
kickstarted
yesterday
(July
23,
2021)
with
the
grand
opening
ceremony.
And
today,
India
has
got
its
first
medal,
thanks
to
Indian
weightlifter
Mirabai
Chanu.
She
has
won
the
silver
medal
in
the
women's
49
kg
category.
Well,
it
is
indeed
a
proud
moment
for
India
as
many
people
including
TV
celebs
pouring
congratulatory
messages
on
social
media
for
her
glorious
victory.
For
the
unversed,
this
is
the
second
weightlifting
medal
at
the
Olympics
overall,
after
Karnam
Malleshwari,
who
won
the
bronze
at
the
2000
Sydney
Olympics.
To
congratulate
Mirabai
Chanu,
many
TV
celebs
took
to
their
social
media
handle
and
penned
some
beautiful
words
for
the
Indian
weightlifter.
Former
actress
and
politician
Smriti
Irani
tweeted,
"What
a
great
start
for
@WeAreTeamIndia
at
#Tokyo2020!
Heartiest
congratulations
to
@mirabai_chanu
on
winning
Second
place
medal
and
doing
the
Nation
proud."
Kapil
Sharma
took
to
Twitter
and
wrote,
"Proud
of
you
@mirabai_chanu
congratulations
#TokyoOlympics2021."
Aditya
Narayan
shared
a
picture
of
Mirabai
Chanu
on
his
Instagram
story
and
wrote,
"Proud
of
@mirabai_chanu
for
clinching
a
historic
silver
medal
in
weightlifting
for
India.
#tokyoolympics2021."
Kritika
Kamra,
Pooja
Banerjee,
Deepika
Chikhlia
and
others
also
congratulated
Mirabai
Chanu
on
their
respective
social
media
handles.
Talking
about
her
winning
moment,
the
weightlifter
told
the
media,
"I
am
very
happy,
I
have
been
dreaming
of
this
for
the
past
five
years.
I
am
very
proud
of
myself
right
now.
I
did
try
for
gold
but
even
silver
is
a
great
achievement
for
me.
I
am
very
happy
to
win
the
first
medal
for
India
at
these
Games.
I
don't
just
belong
to
Manipur,
I
belong
to
the
whole
country."