Weightlifting News

Sanjita Chanu expressed elation as she is set to receive Arjuna Award for 2018 after being cleared of the doping charge.

Sanjita Chanu had won back-to-back gold medals in the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 48kg and 53kg categories respectively.

The International Weightlifting Federation dropped the doping charge against Sanjita Chanu due to non-conformities in the handling of her sample.

Sanjita Chanu has been trying for the prestigious award for the past four years.

The International Weightlifting Federation has dropped the doping charge against Sanjita Chanu due to "non-conformities" in the handling of her sample.

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

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

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.

The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) has nominated Mirabai Chanu along with Ragala Venkat Rahul and Punam Yadav.

National coach Vijay Sharma said that weightlifters can start training as the practice hall is big enough to ensure social distancing is maintained.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mirabai Chanu notched up the women's 49kg category gold medal to open India's account at the 6th Qatar International Cup on Friday.

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.

Weightlifter Ravi Kumar Katulu had won the 69kg title at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a silver in 2014 (77kg).

The gold medal was won by Jiang Huihua of China with an effort 212 kg (94kg+118kg).