Soniya Chanu of Manipur bagged the gold in the women's 48kg category on national weightlifting championship. ...
08:30 PM, Jan 06, 2013
London: India's Soniya Chanu failed to produce her best effort as she finished seventh in the women's 48kg weightlifting Olympic competition here on Saturday. Chanu lifted a total of 171kg - 74kg in snatch and 97kg in clean and jerk - to take the seventh spot in the 12-lifter field at the ExCel Arena here. The gold was won by Mingjuan Wang of China who lifted a total of 205kg...
11:06 PM, Jul 28, 2012
London: Asserting that she has qualified for the Olympics on her own, diminutive weightlifter Soniya Chanu on Sunday said she is not going to get intimidated by the presence of some of the big names. "I know it is a huge and only best of the sportspersons are here. The competition is bound to be tough," admitted Soniya, who will be competing in 48kg category. However, when asked if she...
09:23 PM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: Karnam Malleshwari's bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics raised the profile of Indian weightlifting by several notches but little is expected of London-bound Soniya Chanu and the lifter does not mind it one bit as she is keen on springing a surprise at the mega-event. "I don't want to commit anything regarding winning a medal at the Olympics right now but I'm extremely hopeful of doing well. Pura...
03:34 PM, Jul 21, 2012
London: Indian weightlifting coach Devi Dutt Sharma on Thursday said his two-member team can spring a surprise at the London Olympics beginning here next week. "I will not like to talk big but the fact is that K Ravi Kumar (69 kg) and Soniya Chanu (48 kg) have qualified to be here and it is no mean achievement," said the coach. He said Ravi's best show in training has been...
10:05 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: They are returning to the Olympics after eight years and more than the medals, Indian weightlifters would feel the pressure of staying clear of the dope taint that has haunted the country in this discipline for about a decade. When K Ravi Kumar and N Soniya Chanu enter the arena, they would like the nation to put behind the ignominy of the past decade and script a new...
12:21 PM, Jul 13, 2012
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: 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
Guangzhou: Indians expectedly finished in the bottom half of the results chart in the weightlifting events on the first day of the competitions in the Asian Games here on Saturday. Commonwealth Games silver medallist Soniya Chanu improved upon her CWG performance by lifting a total of 170kg (75+95) but still finished fifth in women's 48kg category. She had lifted 167kg (73+94) in the CWG. CWG bronze medallist, Sandhya Rani finished...
06:03 PM, Nov 13, 2010
New Delhi: Hosts India commenced their bid to clinch the number two position in the Commonwealth Games by scooping up two silver and as many bronze medals from the weightlifting arena but a gold eluded the hosts on the first day of competitions on Monday. Women lifters Soniya Chanu and Sandhya Devi Rani opened the medal chest for India by grabbing the silver and bronze in the 48 kg class....
11:10 PM, Oct 04, 2010
New Delhi: Despite a silver and a bronze medal to his team's kitty on the first day of the 19th Commonwealth Games here, India's weightlifting coach Harnam Singh was not a satisfied man. The hosts opened their account when Soniya Chanu and Sandhya Devi won silver and bronze respectively, in the 48kg women's category, but they could not live up to Harnam's expectations. Apologising for not winning the gold medal,...
07:04 PM, Oct 04, 2010
New Delhi: Hosts India opened their medal account in Commonwealth Games weightlifting competition when Soniya Chanu bagged a silver medal and Sandhya Rani Devi clinched a bronze in the women's 48 kg class at the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex on Monday. Chanu cleared 167 kg to stand second in the event behind Nigerian woman Augustina Nwaokolo who hoised 175 kg to win the contest. She also created a new Games...
04:16 PM, Oct 04, 2010
