The achievement carried a weight far heavier than her competition total. On July 24, 2020, returning home from training, Rinki’s life changed in an instant when she found that her father, Niladri Nayak, had taken his own life.
The 75th State Weightlifting Championship was conducted at Konnagar. 170 participants, including state and national-level men and women from Hooghly, Howrah, Burdwan, and South 24-Parganas, participated in the event.
“I am determined to win a second Olympic medal. It will help me overcome the agony of missing out on major medals due to injuries," said Mirabai.
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) welcomed the recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) of weightlifting being confirmed on the program of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Weightlifting competitions at the Asian Games will be held in seven men’s and seven women’s divisions. India, however, sent only two weightlifters, both in women’s categories.
Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist Mirabai Chanu’s primary focus is the Asian Games thus she will not lift in the World…
Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Thursday inaugurated the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023, which is being held in India for the first time.
In the first session N Ajith, the only Asian Games-bound Indian weightlifter at the Commonwealth Championships, topped the podium with a combined lift of 308kg (138kg snatch + 170kg clean and jerk).
Komal Kohar and Gyaneshwari Yadav won gold medals in women’s 45kg and 49kg while Mukund Aher, competing in men’s 55kg, also topped the podium.
KIYG 2022: Four more national youth records go down in weightlifting, Maharashtra continue on top (Roundup) Four more national youth records went down in weightlifting, of which three were created by Haryana weightlifter Sanjana alone, as Maharashtra continued to top the medal tally with 44 golds, at the end of Day 11 of the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Madhya Pradesh (KIYG2022MP), here on Thursday.
