World Weightlifting Championship: Mirabai eyes Olympic berth

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu remains India's brightest medal prospect. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Former champion Mirabai Chanu will look to repeat her 2017 gold-medal winning feat......

Turbulent year for Mirabai and Indian weightlifting

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu came tantalisingly close to clinching a second Olympics medal but a faltered lift in her final attempt cruelly snatched the dream from her grasp. Photograph: Amanda......

Indian lifter Gurunaidu Sanapathi becomes Youth World Champion

IMAGE: 16-year-old Gurunaidu Sanapathi lifted a total effort of 230kgs in the boy's 55kg event. Photograph: IWF/Twitter Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India's first weightlifter to win a gold at......

Assam teen Bharali wins gold at World Youth lifting

IMAGE: Assam's Bedabrat Bharali finished 12kg clear of his competitors with a total lift of 296kg in the men's 73kg at the IWF World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru. Photograph: SAI Media/X......

Mirabai Chanu becomes first athlete to win this award twice in a row

IMAGE: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award. Photograph: Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Tokyo Olympic Games silver-medallist weightlifter Mirabai......