Weight Lifting
Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022
The Government of India conducts the Khelo India Youth Games every year to hunt talents from different parts of India. The sports event is seen as the best gateway for Indian athletes to enter international events and bring pride to ..
Tags: Badminton • Boxing • canoeing • Football • Kabaddi
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Sports Current Affairs
New Events of 2028 Olympics
The 2028 Olympics is to be held in Los Angeles. This is after the 2024 Olympics to be held in Paris. The 2022 Olympics was held in Tokyo. These are all the summer Olympics, the main Olympics. The one that ..
Tags: AIBA • Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Basketball
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Laurel Hubbard: 1st Trans Olympian
New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has selected weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to contest women’s +87 kg category. Weightlifter will be the first transgender athlete to compete at Olympics. Key Points 43-year-old weightlifter had competed in men’s weightlifting competitions before gender transition ..
Tags: Laurel Hubbard • Olympics • Transgender • Weight Lifting • Weightlifters
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
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