Weightlifting: News
Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze wins third successive Olympic gold: Decoding campaigns
Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze scripted history by winning his third successive Olympic gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mirabai Chanu takes five-month break due to injury: Details here
Ace Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu would be away from action for a while.
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.
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.
Commonwealth Games: Bindyarani Devi wins silver medal in weightlifting
India ended Day 2 on a high at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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.
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.
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.
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.
#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.
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.
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.
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.
21st CWG: Weightlifter Vikas Thakur bags bronze for India
Can anything stop the Indian weightlifters at the 21st Commonwealth Games? Doesn't look like.
Weightlifter Punam clinches gold at 21st Commonwealth Games
India's dominance in weightlifting at the 21st Commonwealth Games continued after Punam Yadav struck gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.