Weightlifting News

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday felicitated Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu on Saturday.

Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai Chanu, who won a weightlifting silver medal, will be honoured by Amit Shah during the 51st Raising Day celebrations of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD).

Weightlifter Polina Guryeva, who won silver for Turkmenistan at the Summer Games in Tokyo in the women's 59 kg category, was gifted an apartment, a car and $50,000 in cash as she became country's first-ever Olympic medallist.

Weightlifting is all but certain to be removed from the Olympic Games programme unless the present leadership stand down, USA weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews said.

Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu took to Instagram to share pictures of her meet-up with cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said India's athletes will be given a grand welcome upon their return from the Tokyo Olympics.

Mirabai Chanu celebrated her birthday with her family after returning from the Tokyo Olympics with a silver medal.

India recorded its best-ever medal haul at a single edition of the Olympic Games after finishing with a total of seven medals in Tokyo.

Mirabai Chanu met and treated 150 truckers in Manipur as they had given her a lift from her village to Imphal for her training every day for years.

Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz of Philippines was hailed after securing country's first Olympic gold medal as she smashed her personal best with final clean and jerk of 127kg in the women's 55kg category.

Tokyo Olympics: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday felicitated India's Olympic silver-medallist Mirabai Chanu and said "the entire nation is proud of you".

Tokyo Olympics: India's Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu said she didn't eat anything for two days before her competition at Tokyo Games as she was concerned about her weight.

Tokyo Olympics: Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu landed in Delhi from Tokyo, days after winning the silver medal in women's 49kg category.

Tokyo Olympics: With a silver medal in her bag, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu headed back for India from Tokyo on Monday.

Tokyo 2020: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu.

Tokyo Olympics: After securing a silver medal at the Tokyo Games, Mirabai Chanu wants to treat herself to something she says she hasn't had in a while -- a pizza.

Tokyo 2020: Mirabai Chanu ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the women's 49 kg category.

Tokyo Olympics: Former Olympian Abhinav Bindra wrote a letter of appreciation to Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Mirabai Chanu.