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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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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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National Games: Pranati Naik shines in gymnastics; Jhilli, Sneha win bronz
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In an impressive achievement for the state of Odisha, Pranati Naik secured the gold in Women's Artistic Gymnastics. Meanwhile, Jhilli Dalabehera and Sneha Soren, clinched bronze medals in the weightlifting discipline at the 37th edition of the National Games held in Goa.
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Anurag Thakur inaugurates Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championshi
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The international event will see the participation of more than 30 Indian weightlifters, including many Khelo India Athletes who in the past month alone gave India its best-ever performance at the Weightlifting Commonwealth Championships by winning 61 medals in total.
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Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023: Indian contingent starts st
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Over 250 weightlifters from 20 countries are competing at the event across junior, youth and senior categories. The championships will conclude on July 16
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Hope new young talents will come from here: Former weightlifter Karnam Mal
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Over 250 weightlifters from 20 countries will vie for medals at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship 2023.
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All Odisha Inter-Club Weightlifting Championship: Sports Hostel Bhubaneswa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The state-level tournament saw over 200 talented weightlifters from 10 districts and 20 weightlifting clubs across Odisha showcase their skills and compete for supremacy.
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Mirabai Chanu returns to lead Indian contingent for Asian Weightlifting Ch
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Indian weightlifters' second qualifying competition for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 will be the continental championship. In her most recent competition, Mirabai Chanu placed second in the women's 49kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022 in Colombia in December.
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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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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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