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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

PTI13 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

7 medals,1 gold: Tokyo 2020 is India's best-ever Olympics to date

Tokyo 2020 has indeed been a wild ride but also tops our achievements in previous editions, becoming India's best-ever...

Ananth Narasimman7 Aug 2021 7:39 PM IST

India gets bronze, silver and gold at the same Olympics - history is...

Neeraj Chopra added yet another milestone in India's sporting history by claiming gold. This is the first time the...

Ananth Narasimman7 Aug 2021 6:35 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

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...

PTI31 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...

PTI30 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

Milind Soman confuses Olympics, but his wife calls fans of Mirabai...

Milind Soman's wife Ankita Konwar tweets on Mirabai Chanu's achievements and calls out the hypocrisy of celebrating the...

Md Imtiaz28 July 2021 5:41 PM 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...

PTI27 July 2021 10:15 PM IST

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