Karnam Malleswari

It started in 2016 at the Rio Olympics. Multiple failed lifts and a 21-year-old Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, a major medal hope then too, was all of a sudden brought to the ground. And in India we…

"Twenty years after Sydney Olympics it was great to witness the event today. Congratulations Mirabai Chanu," Malleswari tweeted after Mirabai Chanu won silver in weightlifting in Tokyo…

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur and Union Home Minister Amit Shah applauded weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after she won a silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 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,"…

(This story originally appeared in on Jul 24, 2021)India have won their first medal at the Tokyo Olympics. And it's courtesy India's star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who has won the silver…

Indian weightlifter SaikhomMirabai Chanu clinched the 49kg category silver medal on Saturday to script history. She became the first Indian weightlifter to get a sliver in the Olympics. Her…

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…

India have won their first medal at the Tokyo Olympics. And it's courtesy India's star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who has won the silver in the women's 49kg category. This is India's second…

TOKYO: Mirabai Chanu ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open the country's account here on Saturday. The…

NEW DELHI: Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu had a dismal outing at the Rio Olympics. In a field of 12 lifters, Mirabai was one of two lifters who did not finish (DNF) her event. When she…