India’s Preetismita Bhoi and Bedabrat Bharali were declared as the best lifters at the 2024 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships held at Lima. Bharali became the first Indian male lifter to win a gold medal in the tournament as the 17-year-old with the lift of 136kg in snatch, broke his national record of 133kg at the selection trials in Patiala …
Olympic and World Championships silver medallist lifter Mirabai Chanu and Commonwealth Games and Asian silver medallist Bindyarani Devi have left for a 65-day training camp in St. Louis, USA. The two lifters will train at the Squat University under Dr. Aaron Horschig and work on their “rehabilitation and strength training” ahead of the Asian Games, according to a Sports Authority …
Busting a gang of vehicle lifters that had been operating for the past one year in the NCR region, Noida police arrested three members from the Surajpur area of the Gautam Buddh Nagar district. As per the report by the Times of India, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Elmaram G said “We received a tip-off of three suspicious individuals moving …
Three Indian weightlifters are waiting anxiously to know whether they will be able to participate in the World junior championships to be held in Tashkent from May 21 to 31. Keeping in view the practical difficulties in sending athletes abroad for training and competition due to the Covid-19 situation, the Indian Weightlifting Federation had selected only three lifters – Youth …