Tokyo Olympics 2021 India Medals List, Winners, Mascot, Logo, Theme

Tokyo Olympics 2021 India Medals

The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which was postponed because of pandemic fears, took place at the Tokyo National Stadium on July 23, 2021. 15 different countries leaders were present at this function. Tokyo is the only Asian city to have twice hosted the Summer Olympics.

Despite the year-long delay, the Tokyo Olympics 2021 kept its original name. More than 11,000 participants representing 206 nations competed in 339 competitions across 33 sports.

A number of new sports made their Olympic debut, including 33 basketballs, Madison cycling, freestyle BMX, karate, and surfing, sports climbing, and skateboarding. Additionally, since 2008, baseball and softball have returned to the Olympics.

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Tokyo Olympics 2021 Mascot

The Japanese words Mirai, which means “Future,” and Towa, which means “Eternity,” are combined to form Miraitowa, the mascot for the Tokyo Olympics 2021. The mascot echoes the idea of “innovation from harmony” and represents both the modern and the old. The mascot for the Tokyo Olympics 2021 was created by Ryo Taniguchi.

Faster, Higher, Stronger- Together was substituted for the original Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, and Stronger.” This alteration in the motto was intended to demonstrate unity at a time when COVID-19 was wreaking havoc over the entire world. The new motto would be “Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter” in Latin.’

Tokyo Olympics 2021 India Medals List

Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra became India’s first-ever gold medalist in athletics. He won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the best winning throw of 87.58 metres. Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic took second place, and Vitezslav Vesely took home the bronze. Since Abhinav Bindra’s victory in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Neeraj is the first person to earn an Olympic gold medal.

Mirabai Chanu

At the Olympics in Tokyo, Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu took home a silver medal. In the Women’s category of 49 kgs, she lifted a total of 202 kg. Hou Zhihui of China won the gold medal, and Chanu was defeated by her. She far outperformed Indonesia’s Windy Aisah, who took home the Bronze. She earned India’s second weightlifting medal in history. Karnam Malleswari has won the medal in this category in the past. In 2000, she received the medal at the Sydney Olympics.

PV Sindhu

In addition to the Bronze she won at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, PV Sindhu has won a second medal in the Olympics this year. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, she earned a silver medal. She won the bronze medal after defeating China’s He Bing Jiao with scores of 21-13, 21-15.

Ravi Dahiya

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Ravi Dahiya earned a silver medal in freestyle wrestling. In the 57 kg weight division, he triumphed. He is a two-time Asian champion and also a 2019 World Wrestling Championships Bronze medalist. He fell to ROC’s Zavur Uguev in the year’s championship match by a score of 4–7. Uguev faced Dahiya, a formidable opponent, who pushed him to the edge during the whole contest.

Bajrang Punia

The only wrestler from India to have taken home three medals from the World Wrestling Championships is Bajrang Punia. He competes in the 65 kg weight division and this year at the Tokyo Olympics took home the bronze medal. In the men’s division, he defeated Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov 8-0, however in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 semifinals; he was defeated by Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev.

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Facts Related to Tokyo Olympics 2021 UPSC

After 40 years, the Indian men’s hockey team has finally won an Olympic medal. The lads in blue have put up an excellent show this year. They overcame Germany 5-4 after a match-tying comeback. In fact, it took them 41 years to finally win the bronze medal at the Olympics because of this. India earned the last medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

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