2016 Rio Olympics

Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov, who won gold in the 77kg at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been banned from the sport for eight years for a doping offence and will be stripped of his medal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on…

This is India’s first silver in weightlifting. India’s only previous medal in weightlifting was a bronze by Karnam Malleswari. "I have been dreaming of this for the past five years," said Mirabai Chanu after winning India's first medal…

This is India’s first silver in weightlifting, India’s only previous medal in weightlifting was a bronze by Karnam Malleswari "I have been dreaming of this for the past five years," said Mirabai Chanu after winning India's first medal…