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The legend of Mirabai Chanu continued to grow as she added a second World Championships medal to her much-decorated trophy cabinet while other Indian lifters too reveled in the glory of a power-packed performance at the Commonwealth Games in 2022. They say winning is a habit and Mirabai has certainly made one. The lifter from … Read More “Another Year, Another Set Of Medals; Mirabai Chanu Continues To Rule Indian Weightlifting” »
Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal at the World Championships in Bogota, Colombia, despite struggling with a wrist injury, earlier this week. Chanu, the 2017 world champion, had hurt her wrist during a training session in September. While speaking to NDTV from Colombia, Mirabai said that she was happy after winning the silver … Read More ““Happy To Win Silver Medal At Weightlifting World Championships”: Mirabai Chanu To NDTV” »
Five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom, double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and multiple-time winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan were among 10 eminent sportspersons elected unopposed as members of the IOA Athletes Commission in the polls held in New Delhi on Monday. The other seven members of the apex body are Tokyo Olympics silver medalist weightlifter … Read More “Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Shiva Keshavan Elected In IOA Athletes’ Commission” »
Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu expectedly won the gold medal with a total lift of 191 kgs in the women’s 49kg weightlifting competition at the 36th National Games on Friday. Mirabai, who had claimed the Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham in August, walked away with the title after lifting 84kg in snatch and 107 … Read More “National Games: Mirabai Chanu Pips Sanjita For Gold In Women’s 49kg Weightlifting” »
