Weightlifting
(Search results - 12)IndiaMar 8, 2024, 5:00 PM IST
Indian Army to set up two Army Girls Sports organization for young girls
At the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow and the Army Sports Institute in Pune, the Indian Army will establish two Army Girls Sports Companies (AGSC). The AGSCs will give young females formal education while teaching them sports like weightlifting, boxing, shooting, and athletics.
SportsMar 6, 2024, 12:44 PM IST
International Women's Day 2024: 7 Indian women who won Olympic medals
This International Women's Day, let's celebrate women who have brought glory to our nation by winning Olympic medals and are an inspiration for every woman all over the country.
BiographyOct 7, 2023, 3:39 PM IST
Harjinder Kaur’s Biography | Birth | Education | Family | Weightlifting Championships | Commonwealth Games
Harjinder Kaur is an Indian weightlifter. She competes in the 71 kg women's category. In 2022, she won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. Punjab’s Chief Minister Bhagwat Maan congratulated her and gave her a cash prize of Rs 40 lakh.
BiographySep 7, 2023, 2:42 PM IST
Mirabai Chanu’s Biography | Birth | Debut Game | Awards | Facts
Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter. In the year 2018, Mirabai was awarded the prestigious ‘Padma Shri’ award. Mirabai Chanu is the second Indian woman to win a silver medal in weightlifting at the Olympics game.
CricketSep 13, 2019, 10:17 AM IST
Virat Kohli recalls the day he went to watch India-Zimbabwe match in Delhi, took Javagal Srinath’s autograph
'Never thought I would be honoured at such a grand scale. Don't know how to address this as my family, wife, brother, sister-in-law are here,' said Virat Kohli during a glittering function held at the Weightlifting Hall of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi
Other SportsSep 9, 2019, 5:08 PM IST
Weightlifting World Championship in Pattaya: Mirabai Chanu to lead 7-member Indian team
India's best medal hope is Mirabai Chanu, who won the gold in the 48kg category at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, United States
Other SportsOct 10, 2018, 4:28 PM IST
Youth Olympics 2018: Golden day for India as Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Manu Bhaker triumph in Argentina
The 16-year-old Bhaker shot 236.5 to finish first on Tuesday, making up for the heartbreak at the Asian Games in Indonesia and the World Championship where she could not live up to her billing
Other SportsOct 9, 2018, 12:44 PM IST
Youth Olympics 2018: Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins India's first-ever gold
The boy from Aizawl had a total lift of 274 kg (124+150) to finish at first place in the 64 kg men's event in the Argentine capital in the ongoing Youth Olympics 2018
Other SportsSep 18, 2018, 6:23 PM IST
Weightlifting World Championship: Khel Ratna nominee Mirabai Chanu to miss Olympic qualifying event in Turkmenistan
'I am very happy that I'm receiving the Khel Ratna. I had an inkling that I will get it but with the Asian Games miss, I was not sure. My mother was very nervous for me, she kept on calling every hour to ask if I had heard something,' Mirabai Chanu said
Other SportsSep 18, 2018, 6:18 PM IST
Weightlifting World Championship: Khel Ratna nominee Mirabai Chanu to miss Olympic qualifying event in Turkmenistan
Defending world champion Mirabai Chanu, who is in Mumbai undergoing treatment for her lower-back injury, will also join her fellow lifters in the rehabilitation camp
Other SportsAug 7, 2018, 1:15 PM IST
SportsJul 25, 2018, 5:56 PM IST
India's weightlifter Mirabai Chanu says ready for Asian Games but doctors unable to find cause for her back pain
World Champion Saikhom Mirabai Chanu had complained of discomfort in her lower back in May. The injury has since puzzled doctors across the country, who are unable to diagnose the cause.