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YOUTH WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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- Siddhanta Gogoi crowned 61kg junior Asian champion; Gyaneshwari, Koyel win silver medalsThe 19-year-old Siddhanta, who had upstaged senior Shubham Todkar earlier this month at the Commonwealth Championships, lifted 265kg (116kg...30 Jul, 2023, 10.09 PM 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
- 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 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
- ‘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
- CWG 2022: Mizoram teen Jeremy Lalrinnunga gets India second gold with Games recordThe 19-year-old from Aizwal wrote the Games snatch (140kg) and overall lift (300kg) record in his name but not before an injury scare as tw...01 Aug, 2022, 12.34 PM IST
- Weightlifter Gurunaidu Sanapathi becomes Youth World ChampionWhile Sanapathi, the 2020 Asian Youth Weightlifitng Championships bronze medallist, stood on top of the podium, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's A...13 Jun, 2022, 01.51 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
- Mizo weightlifting sensation claims India's first Youth Olympics goldThe 15-year-old from Aizawl , who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274kg (124kg +150kg) to finish on top in the Ar...09 Oct, 2018, 12.11 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
- National lifting championship from December 24 sans five state unitsIWF earlier this year had imposed a year-long ban on four States -- Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Manipur -- for returning highest number of d...12 Dec, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
- Weightlifting: Indian lifters sweep team trophies at Commonwealth championshipIndia bagged the top honours in senior men, senior women, junior men, junior women and youth girls categories, while finishing runners-up i...16 Oct, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
- India to host international weightlifting event for first timeIndia will field 40 weightlifters - 11 youth (boys & girls), 16 junior (men & women) and 13 senior (men & women) - in the Commonwealth Cham...26 Aug, 2015, 03.45 PM IST
- Eight weightlifting coaches handed two-year suspensionThe Federation has also imposed a year-long ban on four states including Delhi for returning highest number of dope cases off late.22 May, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
- 21 Indian lifters test positive for banned substances, suspended provisionallyThe National Anti-Doping Agency has increased the ban period of first time dope offenders to maximum of four years from two, effective from...04 Apr, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
- Junior weightlifters end campaign with 14 medalsIndia won a silver on the last day of the competition today as Swapna Priya Baruah ended second in the Junior Women 69kg division.05 Jan, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
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