Bharali Bedabrate, an Indian weightlifter, won the bronze medal in the men's 67 kg category at the IWF World Youth Championships in Durres, Albania.
The legend of Mirabai Chanu continued to grow as she added a second World Championships medal to her much-decorated trophy cabinet while other Indian lifters too revelled in the glory at the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
S Bindyarani Devi finished 25th in the World weightlifting championships, lifting 200 kg.
The 28-year-old weightlifter from Manipur became the first athlete to win the award twice in a row after bagging it in 2021 as well.
The ITA said Lyu tested positive for EPO, an endurance boosting hormone banned in sports, on October 30 while he was training.
Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu was not at her best due to a wrist injury but still won a silver medal at the World Championships with a total lift of 200kg.
The Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (WFRK) said that Igor Son, who won the bronze in the men's 61-kilogram category in Tokyo, was among six weightlifters from the country to receive doping bans.
The 2022 Weightlifting Championships will be held next month between 5th December and 16th December.
Citing examples of athletes, especially women, at the 2022 National Games, who surmounted multiple socio-economic challenges to be where they are today
The National Games offered many examples of athletes who overcame stiff personal odds of various kinds.
Ram Baboo, who is a physical education graduate, won the men’s 35km racewalk in2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds, bettering the earlier national record of...
Subramaniam soared over 5.31m to break his own pole vault national record set four years ago. , Sambo Lapung lifted 198kg to break the Clean and Jerk national...
Participating in her second National Games, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu walked away with the title after lifting 84kg in snatch and 107 kgs in clean & jerk.
The cheerful Manipuri can haul over a 100 kg, but does not seem to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders.
With the International Weightlifting Federation scrapping 67kg from the Paris Games, Jeremy Lalrinnunga will bulk up to compete in the 73kg.
India's weightlifters will miss this year's Asian Championships opting to focus on the World meet instead, which is a qualifying event for the Paris Olympics.
Check the final Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally. Australia topped the tally with more than 178 medals. India finished fourth with 61.
So far, India has won 18 medals (five gold, six silver and seven bronze) at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Catch CWG 2022, Day 6 highlights.
Weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt won Pakistan’s first gold medal at Commonwealth Games 2022. He competed in men’s 109+kg category. India’s Gurdeep Singh...
Competing in 109kg category, Loverpreet Singh lifted a personal best of 355 kg, including a new national record of 192 kg in clean and jerk, to finish third on...
Punam Yadav was disqualified in the women's 76kg category after failing in all her three clean and jerk attempts at Commonwealth Games 2022.
India has so far won 13 medals with five gold, five silver and three bronze and is currently placed sixth in the Commonwealth Games 2022 medals tally. Catch...
Vikas Thakur lifted a total of 346 kg (155 kg+191 kg) to finish second and claim his third Commonwealth Games medal.
Check India's schedule for Tuesday (August 2) at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. India will seek more medals.
India’s Harjinder Kaur totalled 212kg behind gold medallist England's Sarah Davies (229 kg) and Canada's Alexis Ashworth (214kg), who won silver.
