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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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Tokyo Olympics: NZ weightlifter Hubbard to become first transgender athlet
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], June 21 (ANI): New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics after she was selected for the women's event at the upcoming Tokyo Games on Monday.
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Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai Chanu will fight for gold, feels IWLF secretary
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Indian Weightlifting Federation's (IWLF) secretary-general Sahdev Yadav feels weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will fight for gold medal in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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National-level weightlifter accuses cop of rape in Punjab's Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 4 (ANI): A national-level weightlifting player accused a police official in Ludhiana of raping her several times on the pretext of getting her a government job in sports quota.
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TOPS sanctions weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's training programme in USA
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has sanctioned weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's visit to the USA in order to speed the preparation up for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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Fitter Mirabai Chanu aiming to give India medal at Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has her sights set on winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this year. After the heartbreak in Rio in 2016, she now wants to go the distance and secure a medal for India, riding on better fitness than before and the hun
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Target Olympic podium Mirabai: Rijiju congratulates weightlifter on world
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Sunday congratulated Mirabai Chanu after she set a new world record in Clean and Jerk as she lifted 119 kg at Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent to cross the old mark of 1
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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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NADA imposes sanctions on boxer Ruchika, weightlifter Madhavan for doping
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Tuesday announced that athletes Ruchika and Madhavan R have been banned for two years and four years respectively for doping violations.
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IOC disqualifies three Romanian weightlifters from London Olympics for fai
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], November 25 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday announced that three Romanian weightlifters Razvan Martin, Roxana Cocos and Gabriel Sincraian have been disqualified from the Olympic Games London 2012 after failing anti-doping tests.
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On this day in 2000: Karnam Malleswari became first Indian female to win O
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): On this day in 2000, weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian female to win an Olympic medal in the history of the quadrennial event.
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IOC sanctions Turkish athlete for doping violation in 2012 London Olympic
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 9 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday said that Turkish weightlifter Mete Binay has been disqualified from the London Olympics 2012 after it conducted "additional analyses" on the samples collected from the event.
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