Vijay Sharma

Mirabai Chanu. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)NEW DELHI: A new rule prevented India from rejigging the weight categories of its lifters for maximum advantage but country's 15-strong contingent, headlined by Mirabai Chanu, is still…

NEW DELHI: The rejection of Mirabai Chanu's 55 kg entry for the upcoming Commonwealth Games by the International Weightlifting Federation will not affect India's medal chances in the Birmingham event, head coach Vijay Sharma said on…

NEW DELHI: Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will compete in a new weight class -- 55kg -- at the Commonwealth Games later this year to help maximise India's chances of winning more gold medals in the multi-sport event in…

NEW DELHI: Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu can deliver again at the 2024 Paris Games but she will have to be selective in her competitions while preparing for the global showpiece, India's newly-appointed weightlifting High…

NEW DELHI: Battling to survive as an Olympic sport, weightlifting's world governing body is likely to introduce six new divisions among a total of 10 for the 2024 Paris Games, retaining only four from the Tokyo edition, a move that will see…

NEW DELHI: Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has pulled out of the upcoming World Championships to be held in Uzbekistan's Tashkent from December 7 to 17. Mirabai, who had won the World title in 2017, decided to withdraw…

NEW DELHI: Even when the country was celebrating India’s best-ever performance in the Olympics, silver medal-winning weightlifter Mirabai Chanu’s coach Vijay Sharma was looking ahead — planning to make his ward ready to face “extraordinary”…

NEW DELHI: Olympic silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday said her next target is to win a medal at the 2022 Asian Games and she also aims to change the colour of her medal to gold at the Paris Olympics in three years time. Chanu…

NEW DELHI: When India's weightlifting star Mirabai Chanu left for Tokyo, the memories of the Rio Olympic heartbreak must have been on her mind. Five years ago, she had failed to register a single legal lift in the clean and jerk. But…

Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu returned from Tokyo, to a rousing welcome amidst tight security, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Monday.Quite thoughtfully Mirabai retained her face shield and mask, when she was…