Weightlifting News

Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu shared how Prime Minister Narendra Modi consistently ensures that sportspersons receive prompt support and trust from the leadership, fostering an environment where talent can genuinely flourish.

Chief national coach Vijay Sharma feels that bulking up to 53kg will work in Chanu's favour but said the Manipuri will continue in her old weight class till the Asian Games next year.

Sonika Yadav, a Delhi Police constable, left everyone in awe by winning a medal at a weightlifting championship despite being seven months pregnant

A former world record holder in clean and jerk, Chanu completed lifts of 109kg, 112kg and 115kg with ease.

The 31-year-old ace Indian weightlifter won a gold medal in the 48kg category at the 2017 edition of the World Weightlifting Championships.

Mirabai Chanu's personal best in the snatch stands at 88kg, while she had previously hoisted a then world record 119kg in the clean and jerk at the 2021 Asian Championships.

Sairaj Pardeshi, a scrap dealer's son, made history for India at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025 in Ahmedabad.

Former world champion and Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu won gold at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad on Monday.

Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu lived up to her top billing with a record-breaking show as she expectedly won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Championships.

The 31-year-old has decided to move down from the 49kg division to 48kg.

India has also formally submitted its bid to conduct the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad.

Not many sports are inseparably linked with an individual, but Mirabai Chanu has been that one name in Indian weightlifting for several years now and 2024 was no different as she carried the weight of the nation's aspirations for Olympic glory once again.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to reduce the number of weight categories in both the men's and women's sections.

Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will miss next week's weightlifting World Championships in Manama, Bahrain as she continues to undergo rehabilitation.

Indian weightlifter Valluri Ajaya Babu clinched the gold medal in the men's 81kg junior and senior categories at the Commonwealth Championships.

Ukraine's national weightlifting coach Victor Slobodianiuk said Pielieshenko had "died a hero defending Ukraine" in a post on Facebook.

Mirabai Chanu all but qualified for the 2024 Paris Games after she finished third in the women's 49kg Group B event of the IWF World Cup

Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Achinta Sheuli has been expelled from the Paris Olympics preparatory camp after he was caught entering the women's hostel at night at NIS Patiala.