New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sport Minister Mansukh Mandaviya have lauded Indian weightlifters Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam and Valluri Ajaya Babu for the podium finish at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Bindyarani secured the bronze medal in the women’s 58kg weightlifting competition on Monday. The Manipur lifter finished third with a total lift of 199kg, registering 87kg in snatch and 112kg in the clean and jerk. Bindyarani Devi had won a silver m…
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Glasgow, July 27 (IANS) India continued its impressive run in the weightlifting competitions at the Commonwealth Games 2026 as Gyanehswari Yadav clinched the silver medal in the women’s 53kg event on Monday.The Indian lifter produced a strong overall performance, registering a total lift of 199kg, comprising 88kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk, to finish second on the podium. This is her personal best in Total and C&J performance.Nigeria’s Didih Onome Omolola claimed the g…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Indian weightlifter Raja Muthupandi for clinching the silver medal in the men’s 65kg event at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow and praised the lifter for adding another medal to India’s growing tally.Raja became India’s latest medallist in weightlifting after finishing second in the men’s 65kg competition with a combined lift of 286kg. The Tamil Nadu lifter lifted 126kg in the snatch before registering 160kg in …
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Indian weightlifting delivered the biggest highlights of Day 4 at the Commonwealth Games, with Mirabai Chanu winning gold in the women’s 48kg final, while Rishikanta Singh and Mathupandi Raja securing silver in the men’s 60kg and 65kg finals, respectively. A result of discipline and commitment: Rajnath Singh, Mandaviya hail Indian weightlifters’ medal show at CWG 2026New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Indian weightlifting delivered the biggest highlights of Day 4 at the Comm…
Glasgow, July 27 (IANS) Weightlifting Federation of India (WFI) President Sahdev Yadav expressed mixed feelings regarding India’s weightlifting performance so far at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2026, noting room for improvement while praising ace lifter Mirabai Chanu’s golden performance. Yadav praised star lifter Mirabai for a measured approach with long-term goals. Mirabai won her fourth Commonwealth Games medal, having won silver in the 48kg category at Glasgow 2014 before striking gold at…
Glasgow, July 26 (IANS) Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu credited her family’s unwavering support through years of injuries and sacrifices after creating history by winning a third successive Commonwealth Games gold medal, saying their backing had been instrumental in keeping her motivated throughout her career.”My family has supported me a lot till today. I have suffered many injuries, but my family supported me a lot,” Mirabai told reporters after clinching the women’s 48kg title at the Commonw…
Glasgow, July 26 (IANS) Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu scripted another golden chapter in Indian weightlifting history by clinching the women’s 48kg title at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow on Sunday, completing a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals while shattering the Games and Commonwealth snatch records in the process.Mirabai, who was India’s first gold medallist at the Glasgow Games, recovered from a difficult beginning to give a dominant performance; although she failed on …
Glasgow, July 26 (IANS) Olympic medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will go for a third successive gold in the Commonwealth Games and add to the country’s medal tally, while India will be hoping to advance to the medal rounds when the Women’s Pairs team takes up the challenge on a crucial day of competitions for India in the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow on Sunday.Mirabai, who won gold medals in the 2018 and 2022 editions in Gold Coast and Birmingham, respectively, is hoping to continue he…
Glasgow, July 24 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is set to arrive in Glasgow late on Friday night ahead of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, sources told IANS, with India’s biggest sporting star preparing to spearhead the country’s athletics campaign.The athlete who won the 2018 Commonwealth Games is returning to the event after having been unable to take part in the 2022 Birmingham Games because of an injury and will be trying to regain the men’s javelin title, which is currently hel…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his best wishes to the Indian contingent competing at the Commonwealth Games 2026, expressing confidence that the country’s athletes would compete with ‘passion, determination and a spirit of excellence’ as the multi-sport event got underway in Glasgow. Taking to social media platform X, Modi wrote, “As the Commonwealth #Glasgow2026 Games begin, my best wishes to the Indian contingent. I am confident that our athletes will parti…