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Mirabai Chanu. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)NEW DELHI: A new rule prevented India from rejigging the weight categories of its lifters for maximum advantage but country's 15-strong…

Express News Service CHENNAI: Indian weightlifters are getting into their zone, almost literally. They are perhaps one of those few players from India to reach…

Express News Service CHENNAI:  The proposed training stint of five Indian weightlifters in the USA has been called off.  The lifters — Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Achinta…

Express News Service CHENNAI: AVEENASH Pandoo will soon be joining as a high performance director with the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF). His appointment will…

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…

Tisca Chopra apologised for making a huge gaffe on Saturday as she congratulated Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu for winning the silver medal in the 49 kg category at the Tokyo Olympics.…

TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee on Saturday backed New Zealand's selection of transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for the Tokyo Olympics despite criticism, saying that under…

By PTI WELLINGTON: The Samoan government says three home-based members of the Samoa Olympic weightlifting team will not be allowed to compete in Tokyo due to COVID-19…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday defended the country's selection of weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for the Tokyo Olympics, a decision that has fuelled a debate over…