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New weight class will help Chanu, says coach

Mirabai Chanu. (PTI)
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Updated on Nov 04, 2025 10:12 pm IST

270kg rod falls on 17-year-old powerlifter’s neck, gold medallist dies

According to police, the accident took place in a gym.
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Updated on Feb 20, 2025 07:29 am IST

The Art and Science of Fitness | Busting myths on resistance training

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Published on Jul 31, 2023 10:29 pm IST

Watch: Check out how Sanket Sargar won India's first medal at CWG 2022

Commonwealth Games: Sanket Sargar won silver in his weightlifting event.
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Published on Jul 30, 2022 09:02 pm IST

New Zealand PM Ardern backs weightlifter's selection for Olympics

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern backs weightlifter Laurel Hubbard
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Published on Jun 22, 2021 08:55 am IST

2022 Birmingham CWG: Nations will lose berths if weightlifters are caught for doping

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Updated on Dec 23, 2020 07:47 pm IST

2 weightlifters lose London Olympic medals because of doping

IOC disqualifies three Romanian weightlifters from 2012 London Olympics
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Updated on Nov 25, 2020 09:38 pm IST

Indian lifting body faces heat after 15 doping violations

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada November 9, 2015.
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Updated on May 29, 2019 09:29 am IST

Was on the verge of quitting weightlifting and job after doping charges: Sanjita

File picture of Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu
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Published on Jan 23, 2019 05:01 pm IST

Sanjita Chanu’s provisional ban lifted by International Weightlifting Federation

Sanjita Chanu poses with the tricolour for a photo after winning gold in the women's 53kg Weightlifting event.
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Updated on Jan 23, 2019 09:36 am IST

Weightlifting: Two Olympic champions banned after tests reanalysed

File image of Ruslan Nurudinov.
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Updated on Dec 24, 2018 11:38 pm IST

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu likely to compete in 49kg at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu had won a gold in the women’s 48kg category at the World Championships held in United States last November.
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Updated on Jul 09, 2018 08:40 pm IST

Yuki Bhambri, Sanjita Chanu dropped from TOP Scheme

India's Yuki Bhambri will be playing the US Open instead of 2018 Asian Games.
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Updated on Jun 13, 2018 09:55 pm IST

Manipur CM asks Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to intervene in Sanjita Chanu doping controversy

Sanjita Chanu has been handed a provisional suspension by the International Weightlifting Federation after her ‘A’ sample tested positive for anabolic steroid testosterone.
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Updated on Jun 03, 2018 01:58 pm IST

Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu claims she’s innocent, will challenge suspension

Two-time Commonwealth Games champion weightlifter Sanjita Chanu on Thursday tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and was provisionally suspended by the international federation.
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Updated on Jun 01, 2018 01:37 pm IST

Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu, CWG gold medallist, fails dope test, gets suspended

K Sanjita Chanu set a new Commonwealth Games (CWG) record in Gold Coast with a lift of 84 kg in snatch and 108 kg in clean and jerk, to finish with a total of 192 kg.
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Updated on May 31, 2018 07:39 pm IST

Indian weightlifters to feel the heat in latest doping clampdown

Indian weightlifters could have their Olympic quotas cut down due to the latest clampdown on doping.
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Updated on Apr 13, 2018 09:30 pm IST

Russia, India among nations to lose Olympic weightlifting spots in doping clampdown

India and Russia could face the heat due to new rules aimed at clamping down on doping in the sport.
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Updated on Apr 12, 2018 11:40 pm IST
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