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Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu's names recommended for Khel Ratna
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Names of Indian skipper Virat Kohli and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu have been recommended for the prestigious Khel Ratna award, sources in the Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award committee have confirmed.
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Mirabai Chanu's coach among seven recommended for Dronacharya Award
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's coach Vijay Sharma and veteran cricket coach Tarak Sinha are among seven recommended by the selection committee for the Dronacharya Award.
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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu pulls out of Asian Games 2018
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will not participate in the upcoming 18th edition of Asian Games in Indonesia next week, owing to a backache.
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2020 Olympics: Mirabai Chanu likely to compete in 49kg category
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Commonwealth Games gold medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu might compete in the 49kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics instead of her regular 48kg class as the international federation recently decided to introduce new categories in weightlifting.
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Prez Kovind lauds 'India's daughters' success at Gold Coast
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 18 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday congratulated India's women brigade for bringing laurels to the country at the prestigious Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Manipuri girls shine at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 12(ANI): On the first day of one of the world's most prestigious tournaments, the new weight-lifting queen, 23-year-old Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, set a new record in the 48kg category and bagged the first gold for the country during the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018 at Gold
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CWG 2018: Sathish Sivalingam bags India's third gold
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], Apr. 07 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Sathish Kumar Sivalingam won gold in the men's 77 kg category on Day 3 of the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
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PM Modi hails weightlifters Sanjita Chanu, Deepak Lather for CWG heroics
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday heaped praises on weightlifters Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather after the two made the country proud by clinching gold and bronze, respectively, at the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
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CWG' 18: Weightlifter Deepak Lather bags India's first bronze
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 6 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Deepak Lather won bronze in the men's 69 kg category on the Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium here on Friday.
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Sanjita Chanu gives India second gold moment at CWG 2018
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 6 (ANI): Weightlifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu won India its second gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games by outshining in the women's 53 kg category event at the Carrara Stadium here on Friday.
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Ecstatic parents of Mirabai Chanu shed tears of joy
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Nongpok Kakching (Manipur) [India] Apr. 05 (ANI): Parents of weightlifter Mirabai Chanu from Manipur, who on Thursday bagged the country's first gold medal in 2018 Commonwealth Games, were ecstatic and shed tears of joy on their daughter's astounding success.
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Mirabai Chanu was going for gold from first lift: Karnam Malleswari
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): After weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu made India proud by handing the country its very first gold in the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games, former Olympic Bronze medalist Karnam Malleswari on Thursday heaped praise on her saying that weightlifter's each lif
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