Weightlifting News
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- Nov 25, 2020
- Press Trust of India
Roxana Cocos and Razvan Martin were stripped of their 2012 London Olympics medals after positive tests for steroids.
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- Jun 25, 2020
- Asian News International
Sanjita Chanu expressed elation as she is set to receive Arjuna Award for 2018 after being cleared of the doping charge.
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- Jun 25, 2020
- Press Trust of India
Sanjita Chanu had won back-to-back gold medals in the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 48kg and 53kg categories respectively.
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- Jun 12, 2020
- Asian News International
The International Weightlifting Federation dropped the doping charge against Sanjita Chanu due to non-conformities in the handling of her sample.
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- Jun 11, 2020
- Press Trust of India
Sanjita Chanu has been trying for the prestigious award for the past four years.
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- Jun 10, 2020
- Press Trust of India
The International Weightlifting Federation has dropped the doping charge against Sanjita Chanu due to "non-conformities" in the handling of her sample.
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- Jun 10, 2020
- Press Trust of India
The International Weightlifting Federation has dropped the doping charge against Indian weightlifter K Sanjita Chanu due to "non-conformities" in the handling of her sample
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- Jun 05, 2020
- Press Trust of India
Two-time Commonwealth Games gold-medallist K Sanjita Chanu is set to demand compensation from the IWF for causing her mental harassment as she still awaits the final verdict on her long-running dope case
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- Jun 05, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Lead investigator Richard McLaren said the probe into the IWF's affairs under former president Tamas Ajan uncovered millions of dollars in missing money and 40 positive doping cases that had been hushed up.
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- May 27, 2020
- Press Trust of India
The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) has nominated Mirabai Chanu along with Ragala Venkat Rahul and Punam Yadav.
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- May 11, 2020
- Press Trust of India
National coach Vijay Sharma said that weightlifters can start training as the practice hall is big enough to ensure social distancing is maintained.
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- Apr 16, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) president Tamas Ajan resigned on Wednesday in the wake of allegations of corruption and doping violations made in a documentary earlier this year.
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- Apr 05, 2020
- Asian News International
The Independent Member Federation Sanctions Panel (IMFSP) of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has imposed disciplinary sanctions on Thailand and Malaysia and banned both the countries to from participating in weightlifting events at the Tokyo Olympics.
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- Mar 22, 2020
- Press Trust of India
Mirabai Chanu has only one prayer on her lips that the Tokyo Olympics goes as per schedule despite COVID-19 pandemic otherwise all her efforts of winning an Olympic medal will go down the drain.
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- Dec 28, 2019
- Press Trust of India
Seema won a silver medal in the 2017 Commonwealth Championships and finished sixth in the women's 75kg competition at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018.
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- Dec 21, 2019
- Press Trust of India
Mirabai Chanu notched up the women's 49kg category gold medal to open India's account at the 6th Qatar International Cup on Friday.
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- Nov 05, 2019
Weightlifter Ravi Kumar Katulu's four-year doping ban along with four others by the NADA will not affect country's quota places in next year's Olympics in Tokyo, said national federation secretary Sahdev Yadav.
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- Nov 05, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
Weightlifter Ravi Kumar Katulu had won the 69kg title at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a silver in 2014 (77kg).