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CWG gold medallist Sanjita Chanu fails dope test, suspended provisionally by NADASanjita's sample was taken on September 30, the day she lifted a total of 187kg to finish second. Both her 'A' and 'B' samples have shown t...- King Kohli, Magnificent Mary make 2018 their own; India discovers new stars tooThere was a plethora of big-ticket sporting events this year and the country had lots to celebrate throughout. Whether it was the Commonwea...
- Landmark year for weightlifters but no getting away from dope shame eitherRecords shattered, a teen star discovered and a best-ever medal haul at a marquee event -- it could well have been the perfect year for Ind...
- I am innocent, will challenge suspension: Sanjita ChanuSanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, was suspended by the International Weightlifting Fed...
- CWG gold medallist Sanjita Chanu fails dope testThe IWF did not give details, such as the dates, of the dope test sample collection, saying "it will not make any further comments on the c...
- Young and old shine bright in India's eventful CWG campaignWith 26 gold, 20 silver and as may bronze medals, India signed off third on the table -- a promotion of two positions from Glasgow.
- Weightlifting: Amid gold flurry, Vikas Thakur settles for bronze at Commonwealth GamesVikas lifted a total of 351kg (159kg+192kg) on a day when Papua New Guinea's Steven Kari broke the Commonwealth as well as the Games record...
- CWG 2018: Weightlifting gold rush continues, Punam Yadav claims 5th for IndiaYadav, a bronze-medallist from the 2014 Glasgow edition, lifted 222kg (110kg+122kg) to claim gold ahead of England's Sarah Davies, who fins...
- Teenager Deepak becomes youngest Indian weightlifter to win medal at CWGThe 18-year-old from Haryana lifted a total of 295kg (136kg+159kg) to finish third after his nearest rival, Vaipava Loane, fouled his last ...
- Sanjita Chanu adds to weightlifting gold rush, breaks one CWG recordLoa Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea was distant second with 182 kg while New Zealand's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet took bronze with 181 kg.
- Sad I couldn't break all Games records: Sanjita Chanu"I had come thinking of breaking the record and lift 112kg (the CWG record stands at 111kg), I thought it was not that difficult. Probably ...
- Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia, Sardar Singh bask in Khel Ratna gloryJavelin thrower Jhajharia is the only Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals -- 2004 Athens Games and 2016 Rio Paralympics -- while star ...
- Government removes one from Dronacharya nominees, keeps Arjuna list intactThe decision means that tennis player Rohan Bopanna and weightlifter Sanjita Chanu have not been added to the list of Arjuna awardees.
- Indians start Commonwealth weightlifting championship on a highIndian women started with a bang, winning 12 gold medals in various weight categories of the 2015 Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior weigh...
- 14-member weightlifting team announced for World championshipsA 14-member team will vie for top honours besides Olympic berths for the country at the World Championships to be held from November 10 to ...
- Not enough podiums, but lifters bury ghosts of dopingIndian lifters exceeded expectations at the quadrennial event, winning three gold, four silver and five bronze, an improvement of four meda...
- "Clean" Indian lifters look to emulate Commonwealth Games success in AsiadOf the 10 lifters who have made the cut in the Asian Games squad, nine of them were part of the Indian contingent at the CWG.
- President congratulates CWG medal winnersPresident Pranab Mukherjee on Friday congratulated country's weight lifters and judokas who won medals on the opening day of the Glasgow Co...
- CWG 2014: Lifter K Sanjita Chanu wins India's first gold, silver for S Mirabai ChanuIn women's 48kg weightlifting on the opening day of competitions, Sanjita won with a total lift of 173kg (77+96), while Mirabai grabbed the...
- Monika Devi named among core probables for CWG, AsiadMonika Devi has been included among 26 core probables for the upcoming Commonwealth and Asian Games after she won the gold in Nationals.
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