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Mirabai Chanu was going for gold from first lift: Karnam Malleswari
Updated : 8 years, 1 month 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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Mirabai Chanu hands India its first gold at CWG 2018
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 5 (ANI): Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu made India proud on Thursday as she bagged the country's first gold medal in the women's weightlifting 48 kg category event of the 2018 Commonwealth Games here at the Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Weightlifter P Gururaja wins India's first medal at CWG
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], Apr. 05 (ANI): Weightlifter P Gururaja on Thursday knocked off India's medal tally at Commonwealth Games 2018, winning silver, in the 56kg category.
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Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter Malleshwari hopes for maximum medals
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 5 (ANI): Olympic medalist weightlifter Karnam Malleshwari has expressed her hope to get the maximum medals at the ongoing Commonwealth Games at Queensland in Australia while placing high hopes from Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar.
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'Khelo India' is golden opportunity for youth: Karnam Malleswari
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 07 (ANI): Weightlifter and Olympics bronze medallist Karnam Malleswari said on Tuesday that the Khelo India School Games are a golden opportunity for the youth of the country.
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Wishes pour in for weightlifter Mirabai Chanu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Saikhom Mirabai Chanu's spectacular performance at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championship has not gone unnoticed as well-known people from different walks of life stepped in to congratulate her.
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President Kovind congratulates Chanu on clinching World Weightlifting C'sh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who became the first Indian woman in over two decades to clinch gold at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, USA.
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Run for Unity: Congress ignored Sardar Patel's legacy, says PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack at the Congress on Tuesday, saying that the party ignored the legacy of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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These Hyderabad women are making India proud on international level
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 15(ANI): Telangana weightlifters Budumuru Rajeswari and Boddepalli Rajya Laxmi clinched gold medals in the 14th International Women Weightlifting Grand Prix event in Nagold, Germany.
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Women activists for action in para-athlete's harassment incident
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The women activists on Sunday condemned the incident where a national level weightlifter was unheard by the police when she went to report a complaint against alleged harassment and urged the authorities to bring guilty to book.
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National-level weightlifter harassed, alleges ignorance by authorities
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 11 (ANI): A national-level weightlifter has alleged that she is not being heard by the police and the authorities over being troubled by men in Agra.
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After Subrata Paul, now Sushila Panwar fails dope test
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): A few days after Arjuna Awardee footballer Subrata Paul was caught for doping, Indian weightlifter Sushila Panwar has also failed the dope test.
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