Weightlifting

Achinta Sheuli created a Commonwealth Games record and won India's third gold medal. But the path that led him here has been one filled with challenges for this 20-year-old.

Winning a sensational silver medal at Tokyo Olympics, Mirabai Chanu has ended India's over two-decade long wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics. Behind her historic triumph is a story of grit and sheer hard work.

Delhi-based Rishitaa Jain is a powerlifter who began her training in 2017 under Javed Mehta. She won four gold medals at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship held in Canada.

"My father and some relatives weren't very keen about me competing in weightlifting. They would say ‘you’ll break our bones, who would marry you’. But my mother stood firm", says the legendary Karnam Malleshwari. #WomensDay #SheDared

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was only 11 when she won her first-ever competitive gold medal.

15-year-old Jeremy just clinched India’s first ever Gold medal at the event with a mind-blowing combined lift of 274 kg. And he is just getting started!

Punam Yadav set the country’s flag sailing high as she clinched a gold medal lifting 122 kg in the Clean and Jerk category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Friday.

Women weightlifters from Manipur don’t just make up the numbers in India’s weightlifting squad, they make their presence felt with power-packed medal-winning performances.

"As such, we had barely enough to sustain ourselves, but the accident meant that my father was not only out of work but also in huge debt."

The athlete brought an end to India’s two-decade gold medal drought.