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Indian lifters Seram Nirupama Devi, Dilbag Singh set to compete in Asian W
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Seram Nirupama Devi (women's 64kg) and Dilbag Singh (men's 96kg) are the sole two Indian weightlifters set to compete in Jiangshan.
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After Asian success India's youth weightlifters eye Commonwealth Games 202
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The next target for the lifters is Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 qualification and national weightlifting coach and Olympian Mirabai Chanu's mentor Vijay Sharma says the Doha performance was promising and signals "a bright future for India."
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"Tried my best but missed out on a medal": Mirabai Chanu after finishing f
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
After finishing fourth in the women's 49kg weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics, Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu expressed her disappointment but vowed to work harder for future competitions.
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Paris Olympics: India weightlifter Mirabai Chanu misses out on medal by wh
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
India's Mirabai Chanu missed out on a medal by a whisker after securing a fourth-place finish in the women's weightlifting 49kg event at the Paris Olympics.
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Mirabai Chanu starts training in France ahead of Paris Olympics 2024
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Chanu, the 29-year-old weightlifter, started training at La Ferte-Milon in France.
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Even best of preparation can fail but I will give it all: Mirabai Chanu on
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Paris 2024 will be Mirabai Chanu's third Olympics. After a horror debut at Rio 2016, the Manipuri, pushing 30, made impressive comebacks with sterling shows at global competitions. Mirabai became the first lifter in 22 years to become a world champion in 2017. The gold at the Commonwealth Ga
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"Father's struggle is reason behind my progress": Weightlifter Ajaydeep Sa
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
On the occasion of Father's Day on Sunday, weightlifter Ajaydeep Sarang spoke about his father, Budhram Sarang's role in his sporting journey.
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Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins bronze medal at IWF World Cup
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bindyarani lifted a total lift of 196kg (83kg snatch + 113kg clean and jerk) to finish third.
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KIYG 2023: Weightlifter Keerthana creates new National Youth records; Maha
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu weightlifter R P Keerthana broke the National Youth record in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and overall to clinch the gold in the girls 81kg category while table-toppers Maharashtra touched the half-century of gold medals in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games 2023 here on Tuesday.
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KIYG 2023: Haryana weightlifter Sanjana improves her own national mark, Sa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Haryana's Sanjana improved on her own National Youth records in Snatch, Clean and Jerk and overall to clinch the girls 76kg weightlifting gold while Maharashtra's Sayali Wani came back from the brink to win the girls singles table tennis gold in the Khelo India Youth Games 2023
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KIYG 2023: Weightlifter Jyoshna rises from poverty in remote Odisha villag
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
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
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Five Indian weightlifters to participate in IWF Grand Prix II
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The event is a qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics and will conclude on December 14, as per Olympics.com.
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