Harjinder Kaur wins silver (Image: X) India’s Harjinder Kaur continued the country’s impressive run in weightlifting by winning the silver medal in the women’s 69kg event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. The 28-year-old produced a composed performance, finishing with a combined total of 227kg after lifting 101kg in the snatch and 126kg in…
Glasgow: India’s Tejas Shirse, second left, St Lucia’s Khailan Vitalis, left, and others compete in the men’s 110m hurdles round 1 (PTI Photo) Indian heavyweights literally carry the weight of expectations in Glasgow. After Mirabai Chanu’s gold and Rishikanta Singh’s silver, Muthupandi Raja, Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindyarani Devi added two silvers and a bronze to…
Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad with his gold medal alongside India’s Valluri Ajaya Babu with his silver medal, left, and England’s Chris Murray with his bronze medal, right. (AP) India’s fast-rising weightlifter Valluri Ajaya Babu won the silver medal in the men’s 79kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, adding another medal to India’s tally…
India’s Devi Bindyarani Sorokhibam competes in the women’s 58 kilogram weightlifting category during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo) India’s weightlifting contingent added another Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday as Bindyarani Devi won bronze in the women’s 58kg final.It was India’s fifth weightlifting medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games…
Gyaneshwari Yadav during the women’s weightlifting 53kg Snatch during the fourth day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP) India’s weightlifting contingent added another Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday as Gyaneshwari Yadav won silver in the women’s 53kg final.It was India’s fourth weightlifting medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games…
Glasgow: India’s Raja Muthupandi secures a silver medal during the men’s 65kg final at the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI07_27_2026_000017B) Raja Muthupandi won the silver medal in the men’s 65kg event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, adding another podium to India’s strong start in the sport.The 26-year-old lifted 126kg…
Chanambam Rishikanta Singh wins silver (Image: X) India’s Chanambam Rishikanta Singh on Saturday won the silver medal in the men’s 60kg weightlifting event at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, giving the country its first silver medal and second overall podium of the Games. The 28-year-old from Manipur produced a memorable performance rewriting the Commonwealth Games…
Mirabai Chanu during the opening ceremony of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. (PTI Photo) As the weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games begins in Glasgow on Sunday, all eyes will be on Mirabai Chanu as she takes the platform in the women’s 48kg category, looking to make it three Commonwealth Games titles in a row.Mirabai…
The elimination of wrestling, badminton, table tennis and shooting has significantly affected India’s medal prospects. Those four sports alone accounted for 25 of India’s 61 medals at the 2022 Birmingham Games. That leaves athletics, boxing and weightlifting to carry a lot of responsibility. India has sent the maximum allowed athletics team of 32 members, the…
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saikhom Mirabai Chanu will lead India’s weightlifting team at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which begin on July 23 in Glasgow.Mirabai, who has won three medals at the Commonwealth Games – two gold and one silver – will compete in the women’s 48kg category.She will be joined by Bindyarani Devi in the…