![]() | 2022: Sporting joyTrack legend and multiple Asian Games medallist PT Usha was unanimously elected to head one of India’s premier sports organisations |
![]() | CWG silver medallist Bindyarani Devi finishes 25th in World Weightlifting ChampionshipsThe 23-year-old began her snatch with a successful lift of 83kg and followed it up by heaving 86kg but failed in her final attempt of 88kg. |
![]() | Lifter Mirabai shines bright with silverNursing wrist injury since September, Olympic medallist pocketed her second Worlds medal |
![]() | Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal at World ChampionshipsMirabai's wrist problem became apparent when she struggled with the overhead lift in her second clean-and-jerk attempt, but she recovered fast to finish with the best lift of 113kg. |
![]() | Sindhu, Mirabai, Gagan, Mary to contest for posts in Athletes' CommissionIn all, there are 39 members — 19 men and 20 women — contesting for the commission posts. |
![]() | Weightlifting: Mirabai & three others to train in USA ahead of world meetThe qualification cycle for the Indian weightlifters for the 2024 Paris Olympics will begin with the World Championships scheduled in Bogota, Colombia from December 5 to 16. |
![]() | National Games: Injured wrist not a dead weight for supreme MirabaiOlympic medallist battles wrist pain to once again display her supremacy. |
![]() | Weightlifting at National Games: Mirabai Chanu pips Sanjita for 49kg goldParticipating in her second National Games, Mirabai revealed that she was nursing an injury in her left wrist, due to which she didn't go for her third attempt in both sections. |
![]() | Mirabai Chanu and other CWG lifters left out of Asian ChampionshipsThe Asian Weightlifting Championships is scheduled in Manama, Bahrain from October 6 to 16. |
![]() | Indian Olympic Association lauds Mirabai's gold-winning feat, congratulates othersMirabai Chanu's gold took India's medal tally to three, with fellow weightlifters Sanket Sargar and Gururaja Poojary winning silver and bronze earlier in the day in the men's 55kg and 61kg categories. |
![]() | CWG 2022: Sensational Mirabai Chanu defends 49kg title, bags first gold for IndiaGoing into the competition, she had a personal best of 88kg and 119kg, a world record in clean and jerk, totalling 207kg. |
![]() | Weight on their shoulders: Mirabai and co eye podium finish in Commonwealth Games 2022On Saturday, when the Commonwealth Games medal hunt begins at the swanky weightlifting hall in Birmingham, Mirabai may not be the first medallist this time. |
![]() | Medal rush for lifters likely to continue at Commonwealth Games 2022Indian weightlifters have won 125 medals including 43 gold, 48 silver and 34 bronze so far and are only behind Australia (159) in the list of most successful nations. |
![]() | In UK time zone, Indian weightlifters target CWG 2022Stationed at MSG Gym, a few kilometres away from the Commonwealth Games Village, the team is now getting used to the place, diet, and of course, the time zone. |
![]() | I will compete with myself at CWG and strive to better my world record: Mirabai ChanuThe former world champion also wants to breach the much-anticipated 90kg mark in the snatch section, which she confesses has become somewhat of a mental block. |
![]() | Mirabai wins; CWG-bound lifters to leave on June 24However, the 27-year-old Manipuri has to gradually shift into competition mode with weightlifting events scheduled at the 2022 Commonwealth Games from July 30 to August 3. |
![]() | Chanu wins gold at Khelo India Women Weightlifting League eventMirabai Chanu could not better her national record and personal best in the section at 88kg that she had lifted during the National Championships in 2020. |
![]() | Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu to be part of first Khelo India ranking event with prize money"It's going to be a big step forward as every lifter from the country will compete in the event in a bid to collect crucial ranking points," IWLF president Sahdev Yadav told The New Indian Express |
![]() | No USA training, UK camp for weightlifters ahead of Commonwealth Games 2022As per the revised schedule, Mirabai along with head coach Vijay Sharma is expected to be back in the country in a few days. |
![]() | Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu to begin Commonwealth Games and Asiad preparation in US this weekMirabai Chanu is expected to compete in the 55kg weight class in order to maximise India's chances of winning more gold medals in the multi-sport event. |
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