Despite the disappointment in shooting, a total of 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympics proved to be India's best-ever show at the Games.
Mirabai Chanu's perfect start
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gave India a perfect start by clinching the 1st medal for the country at the 2020 Games. She lifted a total of 202 kg, with 87 kg in the Snatch and 115 kg in the Clean & Jerk to win silver. With that, she buried her demons of the 2016 Rio Olympics where Chanu had failed to log a single legitimate lift.
Aditi Ashok puts Indian women's golf on the world map
Not many gave her a fighting chance but Aditi Ashok made the world sit up and take notice of Indian women's golf at the Tokyo Games. She almost created history but missed a podium finish by the narrowest of margins and finished 4th. The 23-year-old came into the Games ranked 200th and missed bronze by just 1 stroke.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins silver in debut Olympic games
Bajrang Punia was being tagged as the favourite to bag a gold medal but he had to settle for a bronze. Ravi Kumar Dahiya though give India a reason to celebrate as he clinched silver in 57kg freestyle wrestling in what was his debut Olympic Games. With that, he became the 5th Indian wrestler to finish on the Olympic podium.
PV Sindhu becomes a double Olympic medallist
PV Sindhu may be going through a medal drought for a while now but India's ace shuttler was on top of her game at the Tokyo Olympics. She won her bronze medal match and became the first female Indian athlete to win 2 Olympic medals. She had won silver at the Rio Games in 2016.
Brilliant show in hockey
Probably the most satisfying part about the Tokyo Olympics was the way India's hockey teams played. While the men's team ended a 41-year-long medal wait by clinching bronze, the women's team reached the semi-finals, which was their best-ever finish at the games. They, however, went down fighting to Great Britain in the bronze medal match.
Neeraj Chopra's historic Gold
The most iconic moment of the Games came in India's last discipline when Neeraj Chopra created history by clinching the gold medal in Javelin with a throw of 87.58m. It was not only India's 1st individual Olympic medal after Abhinav Bindra's gold in 2008 but was independent India's first-ever track and field Olympic medal.