Karnam Malleswari Biography

The location, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. India was again on the edge of witnessing another Olympic campaign pass without winning a single decoration.

Afterward, not their famed dominance in hockey could give them a medal. However, this was going to be another Olympic for India.

A thing that had not happened in the Asian nation's 100 decades of Olympic participation history was to perspire. This afternoon, Karnam Malleswari not just raised the famous 130 kg weight, she also lifted off a veil of India's sporting ecosystem, ushering the country into a new era.

She became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (individual or in a team), she also started off a trend that saw four Indian girls win awards in the worldwide extravaganza.

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