Weightlifter Seema handed four-year ban for doping
Other Sports | December 28, 2019 11:57 ISTSeema won a silver medal in the 2017 Commonwealth Championships and finished sixth in the women's 75kg competition at CWG 2018.
Seema won a silver medal in the 2017 Commonwealth Championships and finished sixth in the women's 75kg competition at CWG 2018.
Mirabai Chanu, Jhilli Dalabehera, Sneha Soren and Rakhi Halder will represent India in women's event while Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Ajay Singh and Achinta Sheuli will take part in the men's event.
The Indian contingent won 13 medals that included eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals in senior, junior and youth categories.
Sanjita currently works with the North Eastern Frontier Railway in Dimapur in Nagaland and she said her promotion has also been kept in abeyance due to the doping case.
It could well have been the perfect year for Indian weightlifting but for a dope case that took some sheen away.
The study showed that engaging in both static activities such as strength training and dynamic activities like walking and cycling was associated with 30 to 70 per cent lower rates of cardiovascular disease risk factors.
The World Championship is one of the ten qualifying events for the 2020 Japan Olympics. India will be fielding its B team, consisting junior lifters, in the event scheduled to be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from November 1.
With no gold added to the tally on Thursday, India slipped to 10th with four gold, four silver and 10 bronze for a total of 18 medals.
The government handed extensions to Sanjita Chanu and Pardeep Singh who were originally in the TOP Scheme only till the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
It is learnt that Punam was at her aunt's house when one of their neighbours attacked the weightlifter following an argument with them.
India held on to their third spot in the overall tally, behind hosts Australia and England. The Indian contingent has so far collected 11 gold, four silver and six bronze medals.
Sachin Chaudhary won bronze medal in men's heavyweight event of para powerlifting with 181 points at the ongoing Commonwealth Games.
Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Sanjita Chanu (53kg), Sathish Sivalingam (77kg), Venkat Rahul Ragala (85kg) and Punam Yadav (69kg) claimed gold, while P Gururaja (56kg) and Pardeep Singh (105kg) fetched silver medals at Commonwealth Games.
In the overall medals tally, India jumped to third spot with 10 gold, four silver and five bronze medals after another fruitful day across sports, which fetched three gold, two silver and a bronze.
The 23-year-old went for 211kg lift, which would have been a new Commonwealth Games record in clean and jerk, but could not pull it off in his final attempt.
India held on to their fourth position in the medals tally, having claimed seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals so far.
India held on to their fourth position in the medals tally, having claimed seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals so far.
Vikas Thakur, the 24-year-old weightlifter from Punjab, lifted a total weight of 351 kg to win the bronze medal.
With Yadav's medal today, India's tally has reached - five golds, a silver and a bronze.
India now have four gold, a silver and a bronze in the event, leaving them fourth on the overall tally.
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