Weightlifting News

Indian weightlifter and Commonwealth Games 2026 silver medalist Harjinder Kaur finished in ninth position in the women's 69 kg weightlifting event at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday.

Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women's 49 kg weightlifting at the Asian Games, ending India's 21-year medal drought in the sport and achieving her long-held dream.

Mirabai Chanu's trophy cabinet is complete. Her long wait for a first-ever Asian Games medal ended on Wednesday, as did India's 28-year drought for success in weightlifting at the continental event

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom posted a total of 198kg, with a snatch of 87kg and a clean and jerk of 111kg, finishing second behind North Korea's Ri Song-gum who totalled 210kg. Indonesia's Wijayana Luluk Diani Tri took the bronze with 191kg.

Mirabai Chanu finally filled the one glaring void in her glittering trophy cabinet, turning 12 years of waiting, near-misses and heartbreak into an Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event

What Mirabai Chanu achieved in Nagoya at the Asian Games 2026 with a silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event was not just another medal, but the end of a 28-year wait

Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally completed her medal collection, winning the elusive Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event here on Wednesday.

The 2026 Asian Games are set to begin in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and India's women's weightlifting contingent will be aiming to end a long wait for a medal at the continental event.

Commonwealth Games silver medallist weightlifter Gyaneshwari Yadav is hoping to carry her Glasgow experience into this month's Asian Games, where she has set her sights on bettering her personal best.

As the thirst for a maiden Asian Games medal grows stronger every day, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is leaving no stone unturned to win the only global medal that has eluded the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist.

Olympic medallist and former world champion Mirabai Chanu will lead India's weightlifting squad at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, where she will aim to win the only major multi-sport medal missing from her illustrious career.

The chief coach of the Indian weightlifting team, Vijay Sharma, reflected on his team's performance at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2026, saying that while they could have done "slightly better".

Fresh from scripting history with a third successive Commonwealth Games gold medal, Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu expressed excitement over India hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games, saying it would inspire a new generation of athletes in the country.

Ajaya Babu secured silver in the men's 79kg category and said he was pleased with his performance despite narrowly missing out on the gold medal by one kilogram.

Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu expressing pride in winning Gold, her third successive yellow metal for the country and overall the fourth medal since the 2014 edition of the multi-sport event.

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu expressed happiness over the warm reception she received during her visit to the Ahmedabad centre, saying she was delighted to see a large number of fellow Indians gathered there.

Indian weightlifter Lovepreet Singh expressed disappointment after narrowly missing out on gold by just one kilogram at the Commonwealth Games 2026.

India's Lovepreet Singh shattered the Commonwealth Games snatch record and came agonisingly close to gold before finishing just behind New Zealand's David Andrew Liti to claim silver in the men's 110kg weightlifting competition.