Summary
India also won four bronze medals in sports like tennis and shooting.
The women's hockey team scored many goals and won big! 🏑
Key Points
4 points1
Mirabai Chanu won silver in the 49‑kilogram weightlifting event.
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She lifted 87 kg in the snatch and 111 kg in the clean and jerk.
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India earned bronze medals in soft tennis, badminton, and skeet shooting.
4
The women's hockey team beat Thailand 20‑1.
New Words to Learn
7 wordssnatch
A quick lift where the weight is taken from the floor to above the head in one motion.
clean and jerk
A two‑step lift: first the weight is lifted to the shoulders (clean), then pushed up over the head (jerk).
skeet shooting
A sport where people shoot at flying clay discs with a gun.
soft tennis
A version of tennis played with softer balls and lighter rackets.
bronze medal
A prize for finishing third in a competition.
silver medal
A prize for finishing second in a competition.
kilogram
A unit that measures weight, about the same as a little bag of sugar.
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