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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu resumes training with eye on Paris 2024
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], August 26 (ANI): Mirabai Chanu might have won a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics but the Indian weightlifter has already set sights on going a step further in the Paris Games in 2024.
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Salman Khan meets Olympian Mirabai Chanu, gives her best wishes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Bollywood actor Salman Khan surprised fans on Wednesday by sharing a picture with Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who secured the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in the 49 kg category.
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Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu celebrates 'special' birthday with family
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], August 8 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Sunday said her 27th birthday has become even more special due to the silver medal she won in Tokyo Olympics.
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It will be a big day for me: Mirabai Chanu on meeting PM Modi on Independe
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], August 3 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday said that meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day will be a big moment in her life.
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My silver medal will inspire girls to take weightlifting as a sport: Mirab
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 24 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu feels her silver medal win in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics will inspire girls to take up the sport.
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Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu arrives in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 16 (ANI): Ace Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu on Friday arrived in Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games which is all set to kick-start from July 23.
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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu departs for Tokyo 2020 from USA
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
St. Louis [USA], July 16 (ANI): Ace Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has departed for Tokyo 2020, which is scheduled to begin from July 23, after completing her final bit of preparation here at St. Louis, United States of America.
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Mirabai Chanu creates new world record at Asian Weightlifting Championship
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], April 17 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Saturday set a new world record in Clean and Jerk as she lifted 119 kg at Asian Weightlifting Championships here in Tashkent to rub out the old mark of 118 kg.
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Sanjita Chanu demands apology from IWF after being cleared of doping charg
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], June 12 (ANI): After the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) dropped the doping charge against Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu, the two-time Commonwealth Games gold-medallist expressed elation while demanding an apology from the federation.
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Mirabai Chanu urges people to follow PM's appeal and light diyas, candles
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Sunday urged people to follow the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to light diyas and candles tonight at 9 pm for nine minutes to fight the darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis.
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Kiren Rijiju lauds athletes for securing top spot in Commonwealth Weightli
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday lauded Indian weightlifters for securing the first position in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship.
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IWF lifts provisional suspension on weightlifter Sanjita Chanu
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Dope shaming came to an end for the two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sanjita Chanu on Wednesday with the revoking of a ban for the Indian weightlifter, who was tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and provisionally suspended by the Internat
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