Weightlifting: News

11 Aug 2024

2024 Paris Olympics

Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze wins third successive Olympic gold: Decoding campaigns

Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze scripted history by winning his third successive Olympic gold.

09 Aug 2024

2024 Paris Olympics

Rizki Juniansyah scripts weightlifting record at Paris Olympics: Decoding campaign

Indonesian athlete Rizki Juniansyah scripted history on August 8 as he set a new Olympic clean-and-jerk record.

08 Aug 2024

Mirabai Chanu

2024 Paris Olympics, weightlifting: India's Mirabai Chanu finishes fourth

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finished fourth in the women's 49kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

25 Jul 2024

2024 Paris Olympics

2024 Paris Olympics: Mirabai Chanu enters as India's only weightlifter  

The 2024 Paris Olympics is set to begin on July 26 in Paris, the capital of France, with over 10,000 athletes featuring across sports.

12 Jul 2024

Olympics

Olympics: Decoding India's medal haul in weightlifting

India would like to enhance their medal tally at the high-voltage 2024 Paris Olympics, which will get underway on July 26.

19 Sep 2023

Mirabai Chanu

Asian Games 2023-24: Decoding India's weightlifting contingent

In the last few years, weightlifting has been a very popular sport in India. It is mainly due to star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who has made the country proud in various global events and has become a household name.

15 Dec 2022

Mirabai Chanu

Mirabai Chanu takes five-month break due to injury: Details here

Ace Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu would be away from action for a while.

30 Sep 2022

Mirabai Chanu

2022 National Games: Mirabai Chanu wins gold in weightlifting

Ace Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu garnered gold in the women's 49kg category at the 36th National Games on Friday.

08 Aug 2022

PV Sindhu

2022 Commonwealth Games: India finishes fourth with 61 medals

The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have finally concluded.

2022 Commonwealth Games: Who is India's para-powerlifter Sudhir?

India bagged a sixth gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as para-powerlifter Sudhir topped the billing in the men's heavyweight category final.

CWG: Para athlete Sudhir wins gold in men's heavyweight powerlifting

India bagged a sixth gold medal at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games as para-powerlifter Sudhir topped the billing in the men's heavyweight category final.

2022 CWG: Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh wins bronze medal

Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh clinched a bronze medal in the men's 109+kg category in the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.

Commonwealth Games: Lovepreet Singh wins bronze medal in weightlifting

Lovepreet Singh secured the bronze medal in the men's weightlifting 109kg final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG).

Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur claims his third successive CWG medal

Indian heavyweight lifter Vikas Thakur continued his supreme form at the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games: Who is Indian weightlifter Achinta Sheuli?

Achinta Sheuli added to India's tally of medals in weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Sunday.

Commonwealth Games: Indian weightlifter Lalrinnunga Jeremy wins gold medal

Indian weightlifter Lalrinnunga Jeremy won the gold medal in the men's 67kg final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham.

31 Jul 2022

Mirabai Chanu

Commonwealth Games: Bindyarani Devi wins silver medal in weightlifting

India ended Day 2 on a high at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

30 Jul 2022

Mirabai Chanu

Commonwealth Games: Mirabai Chanu wins gold medal for India

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the gold medal for India in the women's 49kg category.

Commonwealth Games: Indian weightlifter Gururaja Poojary wins bronze medal

Indian weightlifter Gururaja Poojary won the bronze medal in the men's 61kg final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham on Saturday.

Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter Sanket Sargar gives India its first medal

Indian weightlifter Sanket Sargar bagged the silver medal in men's 55kg weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham.

04 May 2022

Mirabai Chanu

Weightlifting: Who is Indian teen sensation Harshada Sharad Garud?

Harshada Sharad Garud, on Monday, became the first Indian weightlifter to claim a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Greece.

24 Jul 2021

Olympics

Mirabai Chanu wins silver at Tokyo Olympics: Presenting her journey

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, on Saturday, scripted history by winning India's first medal in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

24 Jul 2021

Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the silver medal in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Indian weightlifter under IWF dope scanner: Details here

Indian weightlifter Swati Singh has found herself under the scanner of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for doping violations.

09 Oct 2018

India

#YouthOlympics: Mizo weightlifting sensation claims India's first gold

Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga scripted history by winning India's maiden gold medal at the Youth Olympics, being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

30 Aug 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra teen weightlifter commits suicide, found dead in a pond

A 19-year-old woman weightlifter was found dead in a pond in Goregaon village in Maharashtra's Raigad district in the wee hours of Thursday, the police said.

07 Aug 2018

Mirabai Chanu

Mirabai Chanu pulls-out of Asian Games to recover for Olympic-qualifiers

World Champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu today pulled out of the Asian Games after failing to recover from a lower back injury, which is yet to be fully diagnosed.

01 Jun 2018

Mirabai Chanu

Didn't take any banned substance, will challenge suspension: Sanjita Chanu

Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu today said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent and hasn't taken any banned substance.

08 Apr 2018

India

21st CWG: Weightlifter Vikas Thakur bags bronze for India

Can anything stop the Indian weightlifters at the 21st Commonwealth Games? Doesn't look like.

08 Apr 2018

India

Weightlifter Punam clinches gold at 21st Commonwealth Games

India's dominance in weightlifting at the 21st Commonwealth Games continued after Punam Yadav struck gold.

07 Apr 2018

India

CWG: Venkat Rahul lifts his way to gold for India

India have bagged yet another gold in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games with Venkat Rahul Ragala bringing home the medal in the men's 85 kg category.

Commonwealth Games: Sathish Sivalingam's gold helps India grab 3rd spot

Indian athletes continued their strong showing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast as weightlifter Sathish Kumar Sivalingam bagged India's third gold medal at the quadrennial event.

06 Apr 2018

India

21st Commonwealth Games: 4th weightlifting medal for India

India continued their amazing run in weightlifting as they bagged a fourth medal at the 21st Commonwealth Games.

05 Apr 2018

India

Commonwealth Games: Indian weightlifter Mirabai sets new record, bags gold

India's Mirabai Chanu bagged the gold medal in the women's 48kg weightlifting event.

05 Apr 2018

India

Commonwealth Games: P Gururaja bags first medal for India

Weightlifter P Gururaja won a silver in men's 56kg category to give India their first medal at the 21st Commonwealth Games being held in Australia.

30 Nov 2017

Mirabai Chanu

Who is Mirabai Chanu?

India's Mirabai Chanu clinched gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship, a first weightlifting gold for the country in more than two decades, after Karnam Malleswari's 1995 gold.