The Indian sports fraternity, including cricketing greats such as Sachin Tendulkar and the country's white-ball skipper on the tour of Sri Lanka Shikhar Dhawan, led the praise for Mirabai Chanu, who became the first weightlifter from the country to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Tendulkar was effusive in his praise for Mirabai, saying, "Absolutely amazing display of weightlifting. The way you have transformed yourself after your injury and clinched a historic silver for #TeamIndia is absolutely stupendous. You have made (Flag of India) very proud."
On the eve of the competitions, Tendulkar had wished the Indian contingent luck, tweeting, "An Olympic medal win not only makes a whole nation proud but inspires generations to take up the sport and #GoTheDistance. Remembering one of India's Olympic greats, K.D. Jadhav ji, and wishing all our Flag of India Olympic athletes the very best!"
