Salute to women power - The last three Olympic medals for India have been won by the women athletes… Great going  Indian women

By Saurabh Duggal

Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal winning triumph in Tokyo Olympics on Saturday has placed the entire country on a jubilant mood. It gives a sense of pride to over 1.3 billion plus Indians that we too are among the medal winning countries in Tokyo. It’s for the first time in the over 100 years history of India’s participation in the Olympics that the country is in the medal tally from day one. The credit goes to Manipur’s Mirabai.

On day one of the games, all thanks to Mirabai, the eves scored over their men counterparts, proving that Indian women are not less than anyone.

From Tokyo’s day one to the 2016 Rio Olympics, India has won three medals and all three were garnered by the women athletes.

Before Meribai’s silver, the last medal was won by PV Sindhu (badminton, silver) on August 19, 2016, while wrestler Sakshi Malik opened the Indian medal tally account by winning bronze on August 17, 2016.

Apart from making a podium finish at the world’s heights arena, all the three women sportspersons created a history as far as Indian sports are concerned.

Sakshi became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal. Before her, men wrestlers Sushil Kumar (silver in 2012 and bronze in 2008) and Yogeshwar Dutt (bronze in 2008) won the Olympic medals.

PV Sindhu became the first Indian women badminton player to win a silver medal in the Olympics. Before her, Saina Nehwal won bronze in 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Merabai became the first Indian woman weightlifter to win silver in Olympics. Before her, Karnam Maleshwari won bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Maleshwari was also the first Indian woman athlete to win an Olympic medal.