Rio Olympics Mirabai Chanu. Five years ago, mirabai chanu’s world came crashing down in rio after she had five of her six lifts ruled invalid. Mirabai chanu won india's first medal at the 2020 tokyo olympics after clinching silver in the women's 49 kg event on saturday.

Barring the beijing games, the state has sent four different women weightlifters over five olympics — a generational effort that culminated in mirabai. Mirabai chanu and karnam malleswari (bronze in women’s 69kg at sydney.