The Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalists would be training at St. Louis's SQUAT University under Aron Horschig and working on their rehabilitation and strength training process ahead of the upcoming Asian Games.
India's Bindyarani Devi clinched a silver medal in the women's 55kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Jinju, South Korea on Saturday.
The Indian weightlifters' second qualifying competition for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 will be the continental championship. In her most recent competition, Mirabai Chanu placed second in the women's 49kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022 in Colombia in December.
The Indian weightlifter had finished weighing in and was ready to participate in Group C for men, 73 kg. Achinta Sheuli was forced to leave the competition after pulling his left hamstring during warm-ups
Organised by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) and supported by the Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the league will be organized across three age groups
Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi won a silver medal with a combined lift of 202kg in the Women's 55kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday
Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi won a silver medal with a combined lift of 202kg in the Women's 55kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated weightlifter Bindyarani Devi for winning a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in the UK's Birmingham.
Bindyarani Devi won India's fourth weightlifting medal of the day after successfully lifting 86kg in the third attempt at the snatch round and a 116kg lift in the final attempt.