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India's Jhilli Dalabehera clinches gold in Commonwealth Weightlifting C'sh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 8 (ANI): Weightlifter Jhilli Dalabehera on Wednesday won the gold medal in the women's 49kg category at the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 in Tashkent.
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Amit Shah felicitates Olympics medalist Mirabai Chanu in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday felicitated Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu at the 51st Foundation Day celebration of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).
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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu resumes training with eye on Paris 2024
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], August 26 (ANI): Mirabai Chanu might have won a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics but the Indian weightlifter has already set sights on going a step further in the Paris Games in 2024.
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Urge everyone to support girls who want to enter field of sports, says Mir
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], August 25 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics silver-medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Wednesday said that everyone should support girls who want to enter the field of sports.
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Salman Khan meets Olympian Mirabai Chanu, gives her best wishes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Bollywood actor Salman Khan surprised fans on Wednesday by sharing a picture with Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who secured the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in the 49 kg category.
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Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu celebrates 'special' birthday with family
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], August 8 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Sunday said her 27th birthday has become even more special due to the silver medal she won in Tokyo Olympics.
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It will be a big day for me: Mirabai Chanu on meeting PM Modi on Independe
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], August 3 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday said that meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day will be a big moment in her life.
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Victories of PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu will motivate youth to take up sport
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): After shuttler PV Sindhu and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won medals for India at Tokyo Olympics, Nisith Pramanik, Union Minister of State for Sports on Sunday said their victories will motivate the youth of the country to take up sports as a career.
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Feeling of meeting family after 2 years is beyond words, says Mirabai Chan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 28 (ANI): Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Wednesday said that the feeling of meeting family after a span of two years is beyond words.
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Two years ago, I didn't even think about this: Polina Guryeva as she wins
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 27 (ANI): Turkmenistan weightlifter Polina Guryeva, who won her nation's first-ever Olympic medal on Tuesday in the ongoing Tokyo Games, said she never thought about achieving the feat two years ago.
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'Just love this', says Mirabai Chanu as little girl imitates weightlifter'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Olympic silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu "loved" the sweet gesture by a little girl who recreated weightlifter's Tokyo Games' move.
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Mirabai Chanu's coach credits her Olympic win on decision to train in US
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): India's Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu's decision to head to the US to train helped the weightlifter perform well at the ongoing Tokyo Games, according to her coach Vijay Sharma.
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