A little more than a month ago, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (48kg category) discreetly scripted history. Breaching a 12-year-old national record set by Kunjarani Devi, Chanu lifted 85kg in the snatch and 107kg in the clean and jerk, bettering the old record for total lift by 2kg to earn an Olympic spot.
Sathish Sivalingam (77kg category), who caught attention by setting a new Commonwealth Games record with a lift of 149kg in the snatch in 2014, will be the only other Indian weightlifter in the fray.
Competition in Rio will, however, undoubtedly prove to be stiff with China, who finished with five gold medals in weightlifting at the London Olympics, set to turn up with a full strength of 10 lifters in a bid to extend its dominance. But a podium finish for India cannot be wholly ruled out.
The team
Sathish Sivalingam - men's 77kg
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu - women's 48kg
The key dates
August 6-16
How they got there
Sivalingam and Chanu qualified by virtue of a top seven and top six national finish, respectively, at the 2016 Asian Championships.
Extras
Sivalingam won gold in the 77kg category at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014 while Chanu won a silver in the 48kg category.
India's track record
* India won its only medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where Karnam Malleswari won a bronze in the 69kg category
* N Kunjarani Devi narrowly missed out on a medal when she finished fourth in the 48kg category at the Athens Olympics in 2004
* No Indian man has managed to finish in the top 10 in weightlifting at the Olympics