World Weightlifting Championships

Commonwealth Games 2018: Mirabai Chanu will look to change colour of medal at Gold Coast event

The World Championship gold made Mirabai a name to reckon with and added credence to the belief that she was a bright medal prospect in events like Commonwealth Games,

Commonwealth Games 2018: Sanjita Chanu will look to repeat Glasgow performance in upcoming Gold Coast Games

Sanjita qualified for this year’s Games after clinching gold at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships. She bagged the gold in women's 53kg with a total effort of 195kg.

India's Mirabai Chanu wins gold medal in 48kg category at World Weightlifting Championships

Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian in over two decades to claim a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships, exorcising the ghosts of her forgettable outing at the Rio Olympics.

Meet Mirabai Chanu, the Manipuri weightlifter who made India proud by clinching gold at World Championships

Mirabai’s gold medal — India’s first at the prestigious World Championships since Karnam Malleswari’s medal in 1995 — also presented the 23-year-old lifter with redemption of sorts as she had failed to get an overall total at Rio Olympics.