Tokyo Olympics 2020 Weightlifting

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'All I’ve ever wanted to be is myself', says weightlifter Laurel Hubbard on making history as a transgender Olympian

The 43-year-old was the focus of intense scrutiny at the Tokyo Games. Ultimately, she didn't win — Hubbard couldn’t complete any of her first three lifts and finished out of contention for a medal.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'New India's towering self-confidence is reflecting in each game', PM Narendra Modi lauds athletes

"This time, the highest number of Indian players have qualified for the Olympics. We must not forget the fact that we have achieved it while fighting the worst pandemic of the last 100 years," said Narendra Modi.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Simone Biles set for dramatic return as transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard makes history

After pulling out of her first events with the "twisties", a disorientating mental block, Biles was included on the list of eight finalists for Tuesday's beam competition, her last chance to win gold in Tokyo 2020

Tokyo Olympics 2020: What is happening with Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko who went missing in Japan?

It seemed after Ssekitoleko returned to his homeland, it will be the end of this lost and found story but it was not to be. What transpired after his landing in his homeland tells more about the weightlifter and draws a picture of several others like him in his country.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ugandan weightlifter who disappeared in Japan charged with conspiracy to defraud on return to homeland

Julius Ssekitoleko vanished from an Olympic training camp after learning he did not meet standards to compete in the Games, making headlines around the world as Japanese officials scrambled to locate him.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kuwait's 58-year-old medallist to Philippines' first-ever gold, most inspiring stories from Games

Firstpost takes a look at some of the most exciting stories from Tokyo Olympics 2020

Khaana, sona aur practice: The motto that brought Mirabai Chanu her silver medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Weightlifters are perpetually willing themselves through injuries to some part of body or another. On Saturday, with a silver medal at Tokyo 2020 Mirabai Chanu finally recuperated from a five-year-long throbbing heartache.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Emotional homecoming for Mirabai Chanu as silver-medallist breaks down on meeting parents

Chanu, who won the silver medal in the women's 49kg category on Saturday, was seen hugging her mother Saikhom Ongbi Tombi Leima and her father Saikhom Kriti Meitei with tears rolling down her face as security guards formed a ring around her.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz becomes Philippines' first Olympic gold-medallist

Diaz, 30, was already assured a place in her country's sporting folklore, alongside the likes of Manny Pacquiao, as the only woman from the sprawling archipelago ever to win an Olympic medal when she took a surprise silver in the 53kg class in Rio five years ago.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Silver medal-winning weightlifter Mirabai Chanu receives warm reception upon return to India

Mirabai Chanu was greeted with chants of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and felicitated by officials of the Sports Authority of India among others.