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Anurag Thakur hopes India will win more medals in CWG 2022
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
"I will like to congratulate Indian weightlifters and all other players of the Commonwealth Games. There's scope that we'll win more medals. Our hopes have been ascended, and we'll be winning more accolades in the coming time," Thakur said.
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KIUG 2022: North Maharashtra University tops medal tally on Day 1
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], April 25 (ANI): The Khelo India University Games kicked off with a grand opening ceremony here at the Kanteerva Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday. The day saw plenty of sporting action with eight medals up for grabs across two disciplines.
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MG University emerge as day's big winners as Khelo India University Games
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Khelo India University Games kicked off at the Jain Global Campus on Saturday, with MG University's coming up as the big winners of the day, serving up shocks on the volleyball court and demolition in basketball.
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National Weightlifting Camp of 38 campers set to begin on April 1
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab)[India], March 30 (ANI): National Weightlifting camp comprising 26 players, seven coaches and five support staff members is set to begin on April 1 here at Sports Authority of India's (SAI) NS NIS Patiala centre.
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National Weightlifting Championships begins in Odisha, to witness particip
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 21 (ANI): The National Weightlifting Championship has started in Odisha's Bhubaneshwar on Sunday where over 800 weightlifters will be participating from across 30 states.
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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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Kiren Rijiju interacts with elite weightlifters, says decision soon on tra
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Monday spoke to all the nine elite weightlifters and chief coach Vijay Sharma and sought their feedback on the resumption of training in a phased manner.
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Velocity based training to give better results!
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 1 (ANI): A team of researchers with a new study has shed light on the fact that weightlifters could do less and still get stronger by changing the amount they lift each session. Velocity based training method intends to give more fruitful results.
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Lifting less can make you stronger, suggests study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 1 (ANI): According to new research conducted on physical exercises, weightlifters can get stronger by lifting less but changing the amount of weights that they lift in each session.
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Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games to feature historic number of weightlifters
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): A meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board in Lausanne last week has approved a significant increase in the quotas for young male and female weightlifters at the Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games.
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Kiren Rijiju lauds athletes for securing top spot in Commonwealth Weightli
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday lauded Indian weightlifters for securing the first position in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship.
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Miffed weightlifters to return ‘Bangla Gaurav’ award
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Indian veteran weightlifters Jyotsna Mukherjee and Chay Adok have decided to return their ‘Bangla Gaurav’ award, expressing discontent with the West Bengal government for allegedly giving secondary treatment to the sport in the state.
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