Karnam Malleswari

NEW DELHI: Mirabai Chanu's heart-warming tale of redemption at the Tokyo Olympics was the defining moment for Indian weightlifting in a reasonably successful 2021 but the sport itself faced…

By PTI MUMBAI: Sydney Olympics bronze medallist Karnam Malleswari believes Mirabai Chanu's silver in the recent Tokyo Games is "like oxygen" for Indian weightlifting…

NEW DELHI: Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has observed a heightened interest in the power sport since her silver medal-winning feat at the Tokyo Olympics and expects more women to compete…

Here, we bring you the first Indian sportspersons to create history in their respective sport categories.By Reya MehrotraFrom Mirabai Chanu winning a silver medal in the women’s 49 kg…

IMPHAL: It was an emotional homecoming for newly-crowned Olympic silver-medallist Mirabai Chanu, who broke down on meeting her mother here on Tuesday before being felicitated by Manipur…

Actor Salman Khan called her ‘Nations superstar and ‘Asli Dabang’. And she very much is as the now Olympics silver-medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu opened India’s medal count at Tokyo…

Weightlifting legend, Karnam Malleswari, who was the first Indian woman to win a medal (a bronze at the 2000 Sydney Games) at the Olympics, is overjoyed with Mirabai Chanu’s silver…

"Twenty years after Sydney Olympics it was great to witness the event today. Congratulations Mirabai Chanu," Malleswari tweeted after Mirabai Chanu won silver in weightlifting in Tokyo…

This is India’s first silver in weightlifting. India’s only previous medal in weightlifting was a bronze by Karnam Malleswari. "I have been dreaming of this for the past five years,"…

Indian weightlifter SaikhomMirabai Chanu clinched the 49kg category silver medal on Saturday to script history. She became the first Indian weightlifter to get a sliver in the Olympics. Her…