National Record Holders Avinash Sable and Parul Choudhary will be training in the high altitude centre of Colorado Springs, under coach Scott Simmons, wrestler Sarita Mor will head to the United States Olympic/Paralympic Training Centre (USOPTC), which is a training base of several eminent w
The 15-year old daughter of a small-time farmer father and homemaker mother has risen from this impoverished background to become one of India's leading junior weightlifters. After winning bronze at the World Youth Championships in Albania last year, she shattered the national snatch record
The Uttar Pradesh lifter attempted to improve on her own national record of 105 kg in snatch in her third attempt but lost her balance and almost twisted her ankle.
She has also been battling a wrist injury for quite some time and will require surgery. Despite that she went for 129 kg in cl
Maharashtrian weightlifter Dipali Ghursale secured the gold medal, setting the National record for the Women's 45kg snatch and total weight division in the process. Ghursale set the record by lifting 75kg in the snatch, and 90kg in the clean and jerk round respectively, thereby setting a tot
Maharashtra's Dipali Gursale and Prashant Koli of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) created new national records on the opening day of the weightlifting competition to clinch the gold medals in the 37th National Games at the Campal Sports Village
The Indian quartet of Anas Muhammed Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh broke the national record to clinch India's 18th gold in the Asian Games in the men's 4x400m relay on Wednesday.
In women's 400 m hurdles, Vithya finished at the top of her heat one and number two overall with personal best timings of 55.42 seconds to be among the top five athletes to go to the final.
Indian swimmers Tanish George Mathew, Vishal Grewal, Anand AS and Srihari Nataraj advanced to the final of the men's 4x100m freestyle relay at the Asian Games on Thursday.