Mirabai Chanu bags Gold in 6th Qatar International Cup in Doha

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (24), the Former world champion weightlifter won the women’s 49kg category gold medal to open India’s account at 6th Qatar International Cup being held in Doha. Chanu lifted 83kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk ..

Tags: Anais Michel • Doha • International Weightlifting Federation • Qatar International Cup • Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga clinchs silver in International Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga from Mizoram has recently clinched silver in men’s 67kg category & fetched India’s second medal in the EGAT’s Cup International Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Lalrinnunga lifted 131kg in the snatch and 157kg in clean and ..

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Jhilli Dalabehera wins bronze in 48 kg category at 2018 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

Indian lifter Jhilli Dalabehera from Odisha bagged the bronze medal in the 48 kg category at the 2018 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan on July 7, 2018. She lifted 167 kg (75 kg + 92 kg) in ..

Tags: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu • Sport in India • Weightlifters • Weightlifting

Sanjita Chanu clinches India’s second gold at 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG-2018)

Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu from Manipur has clinched the India’s second gold at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG-2018) in the women’s 53 kg weightlifting category in Gold Coast, Australia on April 6. She lifted a total of 192kg (84 kg in ..

Tags: Chanu • Commonwealth Games • Deepak Lather • Gururaja Poojary • Indian records in Olympic weightlifting

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinches India’s first gold at 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG-2018)

Star weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu from Manipur has clinched the first gold for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG-2018) with a power-packed performance in the women’s 48 kg weightlifting category in Gold Coast, Australia on April 5. In a ..

Tags: Chanu • Indian records in Olympic weightlifting • Saikhom Mirabai Chanu • Sport in India • Weightlifters

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018

Mirabai Chanu clinches gold at IWF World Weightlifting Championship

Mirabai Chanu from Manipur has become the first Indian in over two decades to claim a gold medal at the International Weightlifting Federation World Weightlifting Championship (IWFWWC) in Anaheim, USA on November 30, 2017. Chanu lifted 85kg in snatch and ..

Tags: Chanu • Karnam Malleswari • Saikhom Mirabai Chanu • Sport in India • Telugu people