Weight Lifting Current Affairs, GK & News
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 is being held in China right now is Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee determines ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: 2024 Paris Olympics • 2028 Los Angeles Olympics • AIBA • Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Basketball • Boxing • Cycling • International Olympic Committee • Pentathlon • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Triathlon • Volleyball • Weight Lifting • Wrestling
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 in 2013. Hubbard has been eligible to compete at Olympics since 2015. In 2015, International ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Persons in News • Sports Current Affairs
Topics: 1st Trans Olympian • Laurel Hubbard • New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) • Olympics • Transgender • Weight Lifting • Weightlifters
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 to finish on top of podium. However, her performance was way below her personal best ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Anais Michel • Doha • International Weightlifting Federation • Qatar International Cup • Saikhom Mirabai Chanu • Weight Lifting