You might have noticed it. Mirabai Chanu had gold earrings shaped like Olympic rings.

Well it's a a gift from her mother who sold her own jewellery for them five years ago.

The hope was that the earrings would bring her "good luck".

It didn't happen in the Rio 2016 Games but Ms Chanu made the little sacrifice count in Tokyo this morning with a silver medal and Saikhom Ongbi Tombi Leima has struggled to stop her tears from flowing ever since.

"I saw the earrings on TV, I gave them to her in 2016 before the (Rio) Olympics. I have made it for her from the gold pieces and savings I have so that it brings luck and success," Saikhom Leima, the Olumpian's mother told PTI from her home in Manipur.