New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Katulu Ravi Kumar and N Soniya Chanu were Thursday selected to represent India in the weightlifting competition in the London Olympics. Indian weightlifters had earned two quota places for the London Olympics - one each in men's and women's sections - in the April 22-30 Senior Asian Championships at Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The Indian Weightlifting Federation announced that Ravi Kumar (men's 69kg) and Soniya...
09:20 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Indian weightlifters earned two quota places for the London Olympics - one each in the men's and women's sections - in the Senior Asian Championships that concluded at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Monday. Indian women lifters collected 93 points and stood fourth in the Championships by virtue of which the country earned a berth for the London Olympics. N Soniya Chanu was the best performer among the seven...
03:18 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: 2010 Commonwealth Games broze medalist Monika Devi was the best-placed Indian so far at the ongoing Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships with a sixth-placed finish, but an Olympic quota remains elusive for the country. A 15-member Indian team, including seven women, are competing in the Championships in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Competing in the women's 69kg category, Monika lifted 98kg in Snatch and 117kg in Clean and Jerk for a...
12:22 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: N Soniya Chanu bagged a bronze in women's 48 kg category to open India's medal account on the opening day of the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Tuesday. Soniya, who won a silver in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, finished third in snatch with an effort of 75 kg in the first competition of the championship, which is a London Olympic Qualification event. She was...
07:58 PM, Apr 24, 2012
For once, doping did not take centre-stage in Indian weightlifting, but the country failed to impress at the world stage in 2011, with London Olympics qualification still uncertain, even though there was unprecedented success to savour in the Commonwealth Championships. None of the lifters tested positive for banned drugs in international competitions and that gave the Indian Weightlifting Federation considerable relief considering it had to pay a hefty fine to...
04:24 PM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: Indian lifters signed off their campaign in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships on a high note by adding as many as nine more gold medals on the fifth and final day of the event in Cape Town. Apart from nine gold, India also bagged six silver medals on Friday, to return home with a whopping 110 medals, including 53 gold metals, from the Championships. Chandrakant Mali won three gold...
08:37 PM, Oct 15, 2011
New Delhi: Indian lifters added six more gold on the fourth day of the Commonwealth (Senior, Junior and Youth) Weightlifting Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday to swell their medal tally to 95. L Monika Devi bagged three gold in senior women's 69kg category with a total lift of 213kg (96+117). Mangte P Kom then won three more gold in junior women's 69kg with a total lift of...
09:13 PM, Oct 14, 2011
Kendrapara: Teenager Achyutananda Sahoo, who hails from a remote village of Orissa, defied poverty to clinch gold in the Youth Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Cape Town, South Africa. The 17-year-old, whose parents struggle to make both ends meet, bagged two golds and a silver in the 62kg weight category to put his village on the world map. The locals in the nondescript Manipura village erupted in joy after the success...
07:35 PM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: India added a whopping 56 medals, including 17 gold, on the third day of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships in Cape Town, South Africa to swell their medal tally to 89 on Thursday. Yukar Sibi won three gold in junior men's 62kg with a total lift of 264kg (116+148). Jagdish and Neeraj Sharma also won three gold each in the 69kg and 77kg events of...
06:01 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: India's impressive show at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships continued as their medals tally swelled to 33, including 15 gold, on the second day of the competition at Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday. Shaya Devi (53kg senior women), Pramila Krisani (53kg youth girls), Matsa Santoshi (53kg junior women), L Ajit Singh (50kg youth boys) and Apurba Chetia (56kg youth boys) were among the gold medal winners. Indians have,...
05:04 PM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Facing a life ban after failing a second dope test, weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu on Thursday accused the Indian Weightlifting Federation of keeping her in dark about the banned substance methylhexaneamine, which she said she cannot even spell properly. The 31-year-old Chanu, who failed a dope test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency last month, said she was never informed by the Federation that methylhexaneamine was a banned drug....
04:46 PM, Sep 09, 2010
Karnam Malleswari had alleged that Malhotra had been sexually harassing lifters for more than a decade now. ...
06:50 PM, Jul 26, 2010
Malleswari said Yadav has to be shown the door so that coaches like Malhotra are never appointed. ...
06:32 PM, Jul 25, 2010
IWF suspended SAI coach Ramesh Malhotra after Karnam Malleswari alleged sexual harassment by him on junior lifters. ...
09:26 PM, Jul 24, 2010
Poorly funded federation penalized for doping by six lifters. ...
01:28 PM, Jan 23, 2010
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