Paris: With many of the star athletes failing to achieve a podium finish, India has still hopes on Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu and Avinash Sable, who are still in the race to win the elusive Gold Medal for the country in the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj Chopra, the defending champion, who won the gold in…
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins India’s 1st medal at Tokyo Games
July 24, 2021Tokyo: Mirabai Chanu ended India’s 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open India’s account here today. The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. With this, she exorcised the ghosts of the…
Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
September 21, 2018Arjuna for Neeraj Chopra, Hima Das; Dronacharya for Mysuru-based C.A. Kuttappa New Delhi: The National Sports Awards 2018 were officially announced yesterday. The full list of Awardees was released by Press Information Bureau (PIB) on their official website. As expected, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu will receive the Rajiv Gandhi…
Commonwealth Games-2018: India’s Chanu wins gold with record lift; Gururaja secures silver medal in 56-kg men’s weight-lifting
April 6, 2018India’s Chanu Saikhom Mirabai won gold in the women’s 48-kg weight-lifting, setting a new Commonwealth Games record in the process with a total lift of 196-kg. Mauritius’ Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa took silver while Sri Lanka’s Dinusha Gomes claimed bronze. Chanu smashed the Games records in 48-kg category snatch, clean and jerk and overall en…
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