After Asian success India's youth weightlifters eye Commonwealth Games 2026 qualificationIndian athletes aim to reach higher levels after winning 33 medals at the Asian youth and junior weightlifting championships in Doha. They ...
28 Dec, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
India's Martina Devi clinches silver at Asian Junior Weightlifting ChampionshipsIndian lifter Martina Devi secured a silver medal in the women's junior +87kg category at the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships, lif...
27 Dec, 2024, 09.30 AM IST
India will host Olympics in future, says Sports Minister Anurag Thakur"Our athletes are performing well and the federations are becoming more accountable. There is transparency, accountability and professional...
27 Jul, 2023, 10.03 PM IST
Mirabai Chanu will spearhead Indian campaign in World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh from September 4Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, will lead the country's challenge in the world weightlifting champ...
13 Jul, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
Indian lifters set for rich medal haul despite absence of MirabaiSince the 2011 edition of the Commonwealth Championships, India have finished as the best-performing nation every time barring in 2013 and ...
11 Jul, 2023, 01.16 PM IST
Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver at Asian ChampionshipsIndian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi lifted 80kg and 83kg in her first two snatch attempts with relative ease but her 85kg try was deemed a ...
06 May, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
‘Extremely humbled & grateful.’ Mirabai Chanu wins silver at ‘22 World Weightlifting Championship despite wrist injuryThe former world champion had hurt her wrist during a training session in September.
07 Dec, 2022, 11.24 AM IST
Mirabai Chanu clinches silver at World Championship despite wrist issueMirabai Chanu finished behind China's Jiang Huihua, who won the gold with a total effort of 206kg (93kg+113kg) while her compatriot and Tok...
07 Dec, 2022, 08.48 AM IST
Mirabai Chanu: Everything you need to know about the Indian Olympic silver medallistIndia have won their first medal at the Tokyo Olympics. And it's courtesy India's star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who has won the silver i...
24 Jul, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Mirabai Chanu: Indian weightlifting's lone ranger at TokyoThe lone Indian weightlifter to qualify for the Tokyo Games, Chanu will be eager to make amends for the disappointing show at the 2016 Rio ...
18 Jul, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
Mirabai Chanu overcame Rio heartbreak, & won gold at World Championship courtesy her motherThe loss left the youngster confused about her career, but she worked hard and became a world champion.
23 Oct, 2018, 08.53 AM IST
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...
01 Jun, 2018, 01.34 PM IST
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...
31 May, 2018, 10.46 PM IST
Doping menace comes back to haunt Indian weightlifting in 2015The two women lifters -- Pramila Krisani and Minati Sethi -- were caught for doping at the Commonwealth Championships in Pune in October an...
23 Dec, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
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 ...
26 Aug, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Commonwealth Games 2014: Vikas Thakur wins silver; Indian boxers advance to the quarterfinalsWeightlifter Vikas Thakur showed tremendous grit as he fought back pain to clinch a silver while three boxers inched closer to a medal.
30 Jul, 2014, 04.36 AM IST
Resolute Vikas Thakur lifts silver, boxers advance in CWGWrithing in pain, Thakur produced the lift of his life to clinch the silver in men's 85kg weightlifting, as Indian lifters continued their ...
29 Jul, 2014, 02.46 PM IST