Tokyo Olympics 2020: Mirabai Chanu exorcises ghosts of Rio with silver as India open account early in Games

[caption id=“attachment_9833801” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu poses with a silver medal around her neck on the women’s 49kg podium. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833811” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Apurvi Chandela competes in the women’s 10m air rifle event. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833821” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra in action during the table tennis mixed doubles event. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833831” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] The India men’s hockey team during the national anthem ahead of their Pool A game against New Zealand. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833841” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Deepika Kumari in action during the mixed team archery event. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833851” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Vikas Krishan suffers a cut above his eye during his his men’s welterweight 69-kg boxing match against Japan’s Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833861” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Saurabh Chaudhary in action during the men’s 10m air pistol event. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833871” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Suthirtha Mukherjee in action during her women’s singles first round match against Sweden’s Linda Bergstroem. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833881” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] The Netherlands women’s hockey team celebrate a goal during their Pool A clash against India. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833891” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] China’s Yang Qiang won the women’s 10m air rifle event to become the first gold medallist of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_9833901” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Naohisa Takato became Japan’s first gold medallist after defeating Yang Yung-wei, of Taiwan in the men’s 60kg judo final. AP[/caption]