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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced a Rs 30 lakh cash incentive for weightlifter Raja Muthupandi after his silver medal-winning performance in the men's 65kg category at the Commonwealth Games 2026, praising his achievement and its inspirational impact on young athletes

India's Rishikanta Singh Chanambam claimed the silver medal in the men's 60kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games after setting a Games record in the snatch. Malaysia's Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq won gold, while Kenya's Joshua Amunga Mboya took bronze

Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu leads an 11-member Indian weightlifting contingent at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Despite team cuts due to doping violations, India targets a strong medal haul ahead of the upcoming Asian Games

India’s Commonwealth Games weightlifting quota has been cut from 16 to 11 following multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations. Consequently, injured weightlifter Dilbagh Singh was dropped from the Mirabai Chanu-led squad, marking another major setback for Indian weightlifting amidst recurring doping sanctions

Telangana Minister for Youth Services and Animal Husbandry Minister Vakati Srihari gave away the prizes for the winners

Valluri A Babu of Vizianagaram won gold in the 79 kg category, while C Juhitha Guna of Rajamahendravaram clinched gold in the 69 kg women’s event at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

Mirabai Chanu won gold in the women’s 48 kg category at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, with Preetismita Bhoi and Dharmajyoti also clinching titles as India’s lifters began strongly in Ahmedabad

Andhra Pradesh clinches nine medals, including one gold, six silver and two bronze

The Glasgow organising team has earlier said they will include just 10 sports in the 2026 Games

Telangana weightlifter Kumari Tejavath Sukanya Bai was honoured by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for her good show in the sport on Thursday.

Making his debut at the World Championships, Indian weightlifter Shubham Todkar finished third in Group D of the men's 61kg event here

Kapil Sonowal bagged a bronze medal in the 102kg event at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships

India's Sanjana won a gold medal in clean and jerk but settled for a silver in the total lift in women's 76kg category in the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships

Bedabrat Bharali won the country's second gold medal, emerging on top of the podium in the men's 67kg category

India's Siddhanta Gogoi clinched the men's 61kg junior title while Gyaneshwari Yadav and Koyel Bar secured silver medals

India's Sanapathi Guru Naidu and M Tomchou Meetei claimed silver and bronze medals respectively in 55kg men's youth category

Sabar Joyshna clinched a bronze medal in the 40kg women's youth category in the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships

Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023, which is being held in India for the first time.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga won a silver in snatch but could not register an overall total as he failed to lift the weight in any of his three clean

Bindyarani lifted 80kg and 83kg in her first two snatch attempts with relative ease but her 85kg try was deemed a no lift