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I am seeing a marked interest in weightlifting for the first time:...

Mirabai Chanu said she sees a rise in interest in weightlifting after her silver medal feat in Tokyo Olympics

Press Trust of India13 Aug 2021 6:15 PM IST

Weightlifting might be absent from Paris 2024 with recent IOC decision

Weightlifting might not feature at the Olympics from now on and this is bad news for scores of weightlifters such as...

C.C. Chengappa10 Aug 2021 8:37 PM IST

How many medals did India win at the Tokyo Olympics?

Sending its largest-ever contingent to a COVID-affected Olympics in Tokyo, India has produced their best-ever medal...

Sohinee Basu7 Aug 2021 6:01 PM IST

Tokyo Olympics: Silver medallist Mirabai Chanu felicitates truck...

Mirabai Chanu celebrated her success with the truck drivers who helped her get to training every day

Anjishnu Roy5 Aug 2021 3:35 PM IST

12 countries which give the highest cash rewards to Olympic medalists

Olympians such as Mirabai Chanu have received well deserved rewards from their countries. Here are the 12 countries with...

Ananth Narasimman1 Aug 2021 4:56 PM IST

50% of Tokyo Olympics is over — How has India performed?

It has been eight days since the Tokyo Olympics officially began, and we are already halfway through to the world's...

Md Imtiaz31 July 2021 11:05 PM IST

At 37, Lyu Xiaojun becomes oldest Olympic weightlifting champion

Age isn't weighing Lyu Xiaojun down. The 37-year-old Chinese weightlifter became the oldest man to win an Olympic gold...

Press Trust of India31 July 2021 8:45 PM IST

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard thanks IOC before competing at...

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is in Japan and thanked the IOC for helping to make it possible for her to...

Press Trust of India30 July 2021 6:27 PM IST

Government of India spends Rs 2.5 crore for Olympic medalist Mirabai...

Mirabai Chanu was one of the premium athletes availing financial assistance from the TOPS scheme.

Ananth Narasimman30 July 2021 6:23 PM IST

Northeastern Women leads Indian charge at the Tokyo Olympics

India has won two medals so far at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and there is a lot common between both the podium finishes.

Abhijit Nair30 July 2021 10:05 AM IST

Manipur CM hands over a cheque of Rs. 1 crore and Additional SP...

Manipur CM N Biren Singh along with his cabinet colleagues, MLAs, officials, Mirabai Chanu's family members, friends and...

Press Trust of India27 July 2021 10:15 PM IST

Mirabai Chanu breaks down on meeting mother in Manipur

It was an emotional homecoming for newly-crowned Olympic silver-medallist Mirabai Chanu, who broke down on meeting her...

Press Trust of India27 July 2021 2:58 PM IST

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