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Urine samples were changed: Sanjita Chanu on doping charges
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], June 01 (ANI): In the wake of her four-year suspension by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF) after she tested positive for a banned anabolic agent, double Commonwealth Games (CWG) Gold medallist Sanjita Chanu claimed that she was innocent and said she will
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Sanjita Chanu tests positive for doping
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Two-time Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medallist Sanjita Chanu has been tested positive for a banned anabolic agent, the International Weightlifting Federation confirmed on Thursday.
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CWG gold-medallist Punam Yadav dropped from TOP scheme
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Indian weightlifting Punam Yadav has been dropped from the Union Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme, despite making the country proud by recently picking up a gold medal in the 21st Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.
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2018 CWG gold-medalist Punam Yadav attacked in Varanasi's Rohaniya
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Indian weightlifting Punam Yadav, who picked a gold medal in the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, has filed a complaint to police after she was attacked in Varanasi's Rohaniya.
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Andhra Pradesh: Cash award announced for Commonwealth gold medalis
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Telangana) [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh state government has announced a cash reward to Ragala Venkata Rahul, who won a gold medal in weightlifting in the ongoing Commonwealth games in Australia.
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CWG '18: Pardeep's silver takes India's medal count to 13
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], Apr. 9 (ANI): Indian weightlifters continued their medal rush at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 as Pardeep Singh won a silver medal in the sport on Monday.
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CWG' 18: Weightlifting medal rush continues with Thakur's bronze
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 8 (ANI): Indian weightlifters continued their medal rush at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games as Vikas Thakur won a bronze to gift India its eighth medal in the sport on Sunday.
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CWG 2018: Punam Yadav wins India's fifth gold
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Gold Coast (Queensland) [Australia], Apr. 08 (ANI): Indian weightlifters continued their medal-winning streak in the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games as Punam Yadav clinched a gold medal in the women's 69 kg weightlifting event on Day four of the quadrennial event here on Sunday.
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Ecstatic parents of Mirabai Chanu shed tears of joy
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Nongpok Kakching (Manipur) [India] Apr. 05 (ANI): Parents of weightlifter Mirabai Chanu from Manipur, who on Thursday bagged the country's first gold medal in 2018 Commonwealth Games, were ecstatic and shed tears of joy on their daughter's astounding success.
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Mirabai Chanu hands India its first gold at CWG 2018
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 5 (ANI): Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu made India proud on Thursday as she bagged the country's first gold medal in the women's weightlifting 48 kg category event of the 2018 Commonwealth Games here at the Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Updated : 3 years ago IST
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Wishes pour in for weightlifter Mirabai Chanu
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Saikhom Mirabai Chanu's spectacular performance at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championship has not gone unnoticed as well-known people from different walks of life stepped in to congratulate her.
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