CWG gold-medallist Mirabai Chanu had shown her weightlifting prowess even as a 12-year-old when she would comfortably lift more firewoods than her elder brother.
Neither of Chanu and Gururaja's physios were by their side to take care of their aches and niggles during a demanding day.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced that Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus may face being banned from the upcoming Rio Olympics over repeat doping offences.
New Delhi: The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to impose a two-year ban on the coaches of all those weightlifters who tested positive for banned substances across different championships in the last few months.The
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Geeta Rani's confirmatory 'B' sample test has also returned positive for a banned substance and she is set to end her career in ignominy as she faces the
Glasgow: Indian weightlifter Santoshi Matsa's bronze was converted into silver while Swati Singh, who had finished fourth, was given the bronze medal after Nigerian teenager Chika Amalaha was stripped of her Commonwealth Games gold medal
Glasgow: Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu stole the limelight by clinching a gold each in weightlifting, as India launched their campaign in the 20th Commonwealth Games with a flourish, winning seven medals in all
Wroclaw (Poland): Chinese lifter Liao Hui broke the men's 69 kg category world record with a total of 358 kg in the World Weightlifting Championships, eclipsing the former record by one kg.The 2008 Beijing Olympics
New Delhi, Jun 9: Indian weightlifters bagged a gold and two bronze on the last day to end their Commonwealth Championships campaign on a high with 45 medals, including 29 gold, at Apia, Samoa today.Himanshu
Following are the Commonwealth Games events for Sunday October 10: Aquatics Diving [3 Gold] Archery [2 Gold] Athletics [9 Gold] Cycling Road [2 Gold] Lawn Bowls [2 Gold] Shooting [3 Gold] Weightlifting [2 Gold] Wrestling
New Delhi, Oct 7: India's CPR Sudhir Kumar today expressed disappointment over his performance, despite winning a bronze medal in men's 77 kg weightlifting event, saying that he hardly deserved it. Lady luck smiled on
There are 35 gold medals at stake inthe Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The breakup: Aquatics—5, Archery—2 , Athletics—7, Cycling—4, Gymnastics—5, Shooting—4, Synchronised swimming—2, Weightlifting – 2 , Wrestling – 4 Medal hopes for India today
New Delhi, Oct 6: India's K Ravi Kumar created a new Commonwealth Games record with a total lift of 321kgs as he grabbed gold in the 69-kg category in the weightlifting competition here today. The
New Delhi, Oct 6: Renu Bala Chanu gave India its first gold medal in Commonwealth Games weightlifting event after finishing on top in women s 58-kg category here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium sports complex
New Delhi, Oct 4: Weightlifting continued to be a happy hunting ground for India in the Commonwealth Games with men lifters Sukhen Dey and Srinivasa Rao winning silver and bronze medals respectively in 56kg category,
New Delhi: Dope tainted weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu was staring at a life ban after her 'B' sample test conducted by NADA also turned out to be positive for a banned stimulant. The 'A' sample of
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