The Latest Breaking News from Mirabai Chanu

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh’s weightlifter Gyaneshwari Yadav has now become the country’s number one weightlifter in the 49 kg weight junior category as she clinched gold in the ongoing National Weightlifting Ranking Championships in Nagrota, Himachal Pradesh.

Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu has been working hard on her snatch technique but her efforts did not bear fruit on Thursday as the Manipuri lifter failed short of bettering her own national record in the section, despite comfortably winning the gold medal at the inaugural Khelo India Weightlifting League…

NEW DELHI: The rejection of Mirabai Chanu's 55 kg entry for the upcoming Commonwealth Games by the International Weightlifting Federation will not affect India's medal chances in the Birmingham event, head coach Vijay Sharma said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won’t compete in the 55kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, as originally planned by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) to maximise the country’s medal chances at the multi-sport event. The champion Manipuri lifter will return to her original weight division…

NEW DELHI: Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Monday won the BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year award. Chanu created history last year when she became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Summer Olympics.

NEW DELHI: Olympic silver-medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu is set to begin her preparations for this year's Commonwealth Games and the Asiad with a month-long training stint in the USA, starting this week.

NEW DELHI: A new weight category and months of preparation. But for India’s star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, it was business as usual at the Singapore International meet on Friday morning.

The 27-year-old has also qualified for the CWG in the 49kg weight category on the basis of her Commonwealth rankings.

Olympic silver medalist is eager to add an elusive Asian Games medal