'Felt weak, it was third day of my period': Mirabai Chanu after finishing fourth in OlympicsMirabai Chanu (Google Trends): Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, India's celebrated weightlifter and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, placed fourth in...
08 Aug, 2024, 02.57 PM IST
India's Sanjana wins gold in clean and jerk, silver in snatch and total liftSanjana also won a silver in the snatch with an effort of 86kg in the youth competition. She lifted 112kg in clean and jerk to pick up a go...
02 Aug, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Indian lifters bag two bronze on day 1 of World Youth ChampionshipsJyoshna won silver in the snatch section but was sixth in the clean and jerk category in the seven-lifter field. Dhanush, on the other hand...
26 Mar, 2023, 12.42 PM 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
Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter Gurdeep Singh bags bronze in +109kgThe-26-year-old Singh, son of a farmer, had a best effort of 390kg (167kg+223kg) for a podium finish and India's first-ever medal in the he...
04 Aug, 2022, 06.52 AM IST
Weightlifter Thakur strikes silver in men's 96kgIndian heavyweight lifter Vikas Thakur added yet another Commonwealth Games medal to his kitty, winning a silver in the men's 96kg here on ...
03 Aug, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
Punam Yadav finishes last in 76kg after faltering in clean and jerkPunam, though, started on a disappointing note as she failed to lift 95kg in her first attempt before clearing it in the next. She was plac...
02 Aug, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
CWG 2022: Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver, India's fourth medal in BirminghamThe 22-year-old from Manipur lifted a total weight of 202 kg with a superb attempt of 116 kg in her final turn in clean and jerk to leapfro...
01 Aug, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Record-breaking Mirabai Chanu claims India's first gold at CWGMirabai Chanu, one of India's top athletes, lived up to expectations by clinching the first gold medal for the country at the Commonwealth ...
30 Jul, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
CWG 2022: Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary wins bronze in 61 kg categoryIt was India's second medal at the ongoing edition of the Games after Sanket Sagar won a silver in the men's 55kg category.
30 Jul, 2022, 07.10 PM IST
"Great start for India," PM Modi congratulates weightlifter Sanket Sargar for winning silver at CWG 2022The 22-year-old made an immediate impact in his first Clean and Jerk attempt as he lifted the required 135 kg to go to the very top of the ...
30 Jul, 2022, 05.15 PM 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
Weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam claims second successive CWG goldAt the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Sathish won the gold medal with 149kg snatch and 179 kg clean and jerk lifts, totalling 328kg. His lift of ...
07 Apr, 2018, 09.01 AM IST
Record-breaking Mirabai claims India's first gold of 21st CWGIn a remarkable performance, Chanu smashed the Commonwealth and the Games record in snatch, pulling off clean lifts in all her three attemp...
05 Apr, 2018, 12.40 PM IST
Rakhi Haldar, Kavita Devi finish on top in National Weightlifting ChampionshipsRakhi lifted 94kg in the snatch and 119kg in clean and jerk to come up with a total lift of 213kg in Women's 69kg to win the gold medal.
29 Dec, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
- Indians start Commonwealth weightlifting championship on a high
Indian women started with a bang, winning 12 gold medals in various weight categories of the 2015 Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior weigh...
12 Oct, 2015, 04.27 PM IST