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Nepal's differently-able weightlifter fights for national recognition
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The 27-year-old, right-leg amputee earlier this year had secured third position in the international strength lifting and Inclined bench press championship under the 69+ KG physically challenged category.
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Khelo India women's weightlifting, cycling to start from February 18
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Khelo India women's weightlifting and cycling tournaments are to be supported by the Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. A total amount of Rs 1.47 Crore has been approved for 3 Women's Weightlifting tournaments and it includes a total sum of Rs 48.3 Lakh for the top 8
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Weightlifter Martina Devi eyes more national records in KIYG 2022
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Following a wonderful campaign at the KIYG Panchkula, Martina Devi created records during the Khelo India Youth and Women National Ranking tournaments in Himachal Pradesh and Modi Nagar also last year. She also established new records during the Weightlifting Nationals in Nagercoil, Tamil Na
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TOPS Weightlifting Development athlete Akanksha becomes champion despite i
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The 14-year-old Akanksha Vyavhare, lifted a total of 147 kg just four kilograms more than Asmita (143). Akanksha lifted 67 kgs in snatch and 80 kgs in clean and jerk. In terms of total weight, Akanksha set the youth national record.
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KIYG Day-8: Weightlifters re-write record books, Maharashtra stay at top o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The lifters' feat has now taken the total number of records created at the KIYG2022MP to seven, six of them being national youth records
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After breaking many national records, Maharashtra's 14-year-old weightlift
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Akanksha Vyavahare has achieved a lot of success at a young age. In March 2022, Akanksha participated in the Odisha Nationals and in this she made 6 national records in the 40 kg category and won gold. Then in August 2022, Akanksha participated in the Nationals held in Patiala. In that, she
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Injured weightlifter Mirabai Chanu to undergo 5 month rehab at NIS Patiala
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
For the Indian weightlifter, there were some injury-related concerns due to back trouble and a wrist injury she sustained during a training session in September, Mirabai Chanu missed the Asian championships in October due to her injuries.
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Achinta Sheuli withdraws from World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Indian weightlifter had finished weighing in and was ready to participate in Group C for men, 73 kg. Achinta Sheuli was forced to leave the competition after pulling his left hamstring during warm-ups
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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal at World Championships
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mirabai lifted a total of 200kg (87kg snatch + 113kg clean & jerk), 2kg more than the Olympic champion from China Hou Zhihua (198kg) and 6kg behind another Chinese, Jiang Huihua (206kg: 93+113) who won the gold medal.
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World Weightlifting C'ships: Jeremy Lalrinnunga ruled out, Mirabai Chanu t
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Indian weightlifter injured his lower back and thigh when competing for the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July, and he hasn't yet recovered from the injury.
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TN's weightlifter N Ajith returns to native village after National Games g
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
N Ajith's eyes were on his own goal all the time: to do something special so he could break into the Indian team. Sadly, there was no National Games mark to spur him on as the weight classifications had changed. Undeterred, he went ahead and broke the National Record in Clean & Jerk in h
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Chris Hemsworth says CWG gold medallist Mirabai Chanu is worthy of Thor's
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth, who is popular for portraying the Norse god of thunder, Thor, has showered praise on Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, stating that "she is worthy" of his MCU character's hammer.
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