WEIGHTLIFTING EVENT AT CWG
Indian lifters sign off with 20 medals at Commonwealth Championships
Having clinched the silver in the last edition, Punjab lifter Lovepreet finished second best once again in the 109kg weight class after lifting a total of 341kg (154kg+187kg), which was below his 355kg (163kg+192kg) medal-winning effort during the Birmingham Commonwealth Games last year.
Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver at Asian Championships
Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi lifted 80kg and 83kg in her first two snatch attempts with relative ease but her 85kg try was deemed a no lift. She covered up her underwhelming snatch performance by lifting the second highest weight in clean and jerk to take home the silver in the section.
View: It’s not just about winning medals but also about galvanising Indian society at large
The continued successes in table tennis, badminton, weightlifting, wrestling, women's cricket and boxing, the resilience in squash, continued re-emergence in hockey, and the emerging success in judo, para sports and, now, athletics and even lawn bowls, bodes well. Indian sportspersons are making their presence felt on the international stage, and that is something to celebrate.
Indian sports on an upswing
Subramanium Raman, table tennis head coach, praised the mixed doubles pair of R Sathiyan and Manika Batra, touting them as medal prospects for Paris 2024. “They are now ranked number 6 and our aim is to get them to the top 4 before Paris. They have a real chance,” said Raman.
Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Deepak Punia bag gold medals at CWG 2022: PM Modi, President hail winners
With this India has bagged a total of nine gold medals so far.
CWG 2022: India end weightlifting campaign with 10 medals, Gurdeep Singh wins bronze in Men's 109+ kg
India's total medal count from weightlifting stood at 10 -- three gold, three silver and four bronze -- marginally better than that at Gold Coast in 2018 when India had won only nine medals. Though India won an extra medal at Birmingham, what would rankle the Indian Weightlifting officials and supporters is that India could win only three goal medals from Birmingham as compared to five at Gold Coast.
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CWG 2022: Indian weightlifter Lovepreet Singh captures Bronze medal in Men's 109 kg final
Lovepreet Singh was off to a great start. He lifted a solid 157 kg in the first Snatch attempt and he took the lead after this. His other opponents outdid him and he was dethroned from the first spot. His second Snatch attempt was an impressive 161 kg, which once again placed him at the top. However, in his final attempt, Canada's Pierre-Alexandre Bessette lifted an impressive 163 kg, which pushed him to number one and Lovepreet was thrown at number two.
Weightlifter Thakur strikes silver in men's 96kg
Indian heavyweight lifter Vikas Thakur added yet another Commonwealth Games medal to his kitty, winning a silver in the men's 96kg here on Tuesday.
Commonwealth Games 2022: India seeks to up medal tally in action-packed sixth day
India's athletes including Manpreet Kaur and Tejaswin Shankar will be playing in the finals of women's shot put and men's high jump, respectively, today at the Commonwealth Games 2022 held in Birmingham. Advait Page, Kushagra Rawat will also feature in men's 1500m freestyle swimming final. The women's cricket T20 team will face Barbados later tonight.
CWG 2022: Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli bags India's third gold
Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad, who gave Sheuli a tough competition, ended as the second best lifter in the event. He had a best effort of 303kg (138kg+165kg).
CWG 2022: Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary wins bronze in 61 kg category
It was India's second medal at the ongoing edition of the Games after Sanket Sagar won a silver in the men's 55kg category.
"Great start for India," PM Modi congratulates weightlifter Sanket Sargar for winning silver at CWG 2022
The 22-year-old made an immediate impact in his first Clean and Jerk attempt as he lifted the required 135 kg to go to the very top of the leaderboard. Kasdan continued challenging his Indian opponent and lifted 138 in his first attempt. He was just 3 kg behind the Indian with a combined lift of 245 kg.
PM Modi interacts with CWG-bound athletes, wishes them luck for the Games
Among others, the PM spoke to 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable, weightlifter Achinta Sheuli, women's hockey player Salima Tete, cyclist David Beckham and para shot putter Sharmila during a virtual interactive session.
Landmark year for weightlifters but no getting away from dope shame either
Records shattered, a teen star discovered and a best-ever medal haul at a marquee event -- it could well have been the perfect year for Indian weightlifting but for a dope case that took some sheen away.
Even Usain Bolt couldn't help CWG 2018: Here are some of the weirdest things that unfolded Down Under
The recently-concluded Commonwealth Games had its fair share of bizarre events.
CWG 2018: With 26 Gold medals, India records third best performance ever
In fact, it has very rarely happened that India has exceeded expectations at multi-discipline competitions and Gold Coast 2018 in that sense will go down as a rarity.
Young and old shine bright in India's eventful CWG campaign
With 26 gold, 20 silver and as may bronze medals, India signed off third on the table -- a promotion of two positions from Glasgow.
CWG 2018: Weightlifting gold rush continues, Punam Yadav claims 5th for India
Yadav, a bronze-medallist from the 2014 Glasgow edition, lifted 222kg (110kg+122kg) to claim gold ahead of England's Sarah Davies, who finshed with 217kg (95kg+122kg).
Teenager Deepak becomes youngest Indian weightlifter to win medal at CWG
The 18-year-old from Haryana lifted a total of 295kg (136kg+159kg) to finish third after his nearest rival, Vaipava Loane, fouled his last two lifts to end with a total of 292kg.
Record-breaking Mirabai claims India's first gold of 21st CWG
In a remarkable performance, Chanu smashed the Commonwealth and the Games record in snatch, pulling off clean lifts in all her three attempts (80kg, 84kg and 86kg).
CWG: A look at India's medal contenders
India is second in the CWG's all-time medal list for shooting and it is expected that the marksmen and women will once again be contributing a bountiful of medals.
Pradeep Singh books CWG berth; 34 new records created by Indians
On the final day of the competition, India bagged two yellow metals, one silver and two bronze to wrap up their successful campaign in style.
2006 CWG gold winner among nine caught for doping at Games
The National Anti-Doping Agency has increased the ban period of first time dope offenders to maximum of four years from two years, effective January 1, 2015.
Not enough podiums, but lifters bury ghosts of doping
Indian lifters exceeded expectations at the quadrennial event, winning three gold, four silver and five bronze, an improvement of four medals from the 2010 Delhi edition.
Omkar Otari claims India's sixth weightlifting medal in CWG
Omkar Otari continued India's power-packed performance in the weightlifting arena, clinching a bronze in the 69kg category.
President Pranab Mukherjee congratulates CWG medal winners
President Pranab Mukherjee today congratulated shooters and weight lifters who have won medals during 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
CWG 2014: Lifter K Sanjita Chanu wins India's first gold, silver for S Mirabai Chanu
In women's 48kg weightlifting on the opening day of competitions, Sanjita won with a total lift of 173kg (77+96), while Mirabai grabbed the silver.
Monika Devi named among core probables for CWG, Asiad
Monika Devi has been included among 26 core probables for the upcoming Commonwealth and Asian Games after she won the gold in Nationals.
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