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Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will miss the upcoming weightlifting World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, as she continues her rehabilitation. “Mira is still undergoing rehab after the Paris Olympics and will not participate in this World Championship,” chief national coach Vijay Sharma told PTI. In Chanu’s absence, Commonwealth Championship gold medallist Gyaneshwari Yadav will lead the Indian challenge at …

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 …

Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships: India set for rich medal haul despite Mirabai’s absence

Host India is expected to win a bagful of medals despite the absence of star lifters, including Mirabai Chanu, when the Commonwealth Championships get underway in Greater Noida on Wednesday. The Commonwealth tournaments -- Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Championships -- are a happy hunting ground for Indian weightlifters, who make the most of the absence of traditional powerhouses like …

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Indian lifters Jhili Dalabehera and Gyaneshwari Yadav finished fourth and fifth respectively in the severely depleted women’s 49kg competition at the Asian Championships here. In the last edition of the tournament, Chanu had won the bronze medal in the women’s 49kg event and had also registered the current clean and jerk world record of 119kg. Chinese Taipei’s Jing Lin Cheng, …