Following is India's schedule on Wednesday, Day 12 of competition at the Paris Olympics.
The 2017 world champion is currently ranked second in the women's 49kg Olympic Qualification Ranking (OQR) behind China's Jian HuiHua.
From firewood to barbells, no burden is too heavy for India's Mirabai
Pressure will be on Mirabai Chanu to nail the much-awaited 90kg snatch lift for a shot at that elusive Asian Games medal when the weightlifting competition gets underway in Hangzhou on Saturday.
India's schedule on Day 2 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.
NRAI has contested the disqualification of trap marksman Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who was barred from competition at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers because of "faulty" gun stock.
China's three-times Olympic champion has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.
NRAI termed the disqualification of trap shooter Manavjit Singh by organisers of the Asia Olympic Qualifiers in Kuwait as 'unjust and unfair'.
Kazakh weightlifter Igor Son, who won bronze at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, has been banned for eight years for doping but will not be stripped of his medal.
The Maradonian religion has spread to several countries around the world and has more half a million followers.
Mirabai Chanu is an inspiration to many athletes but to Gyaneshwari Yadav she is also a competitor and the promising weightlifter dreams of not just scaling great heights like the Tokyo Olympic medallist but leaving her behind.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday, September 30.
Britain's Emily Campbell claimed silver in the +87kg event with 283kg and the United States' Sarah Robles took bronze on 282kg.
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Tokyo 2020 organising committee is not considering postponing or cancelling the 2020 Games despite the spread of coronavirus.
The new framework also moves away from the old policy that said transgender athletes would be allowed to compete provided their testosterone levels were below a certain limit for at least 12 months before their first competition.
PM Modi, Olympian Abhinav Bindra lead country in congratulating Mirabai Chanu on winning Olympic silver on Saturday.
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Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) has written to the IOC to postpone the Games in view of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Ziebat had been living in the international transit area at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi for days after he got stuck due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Mirabai Chanu will enter Birmingham, as title favourite.
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"I saw the earrings on TV, I gave them to her in 2016 before the (Rio) Olympics. I have made it for her from the gold pieces and savings I have so that it brings luck and success," Leima said from her home in Manipur where a considerable number of relatives, friends and well-wishers gathered to watch Chnau script history in Tokyo.
The gold went to China's Hou Zhihui with an effort of 210kg (94kg+116kg), who created Olympic records in all three categories (snatch, clean and jerk and Total).
Roger Federer is regarded by many as the greatest tennis player ever and is a national hero in Switzerland.
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A former gymnast and a first-time Olympian, Polina Guryeva won silver in the -59kg class, weightlifting behind her idol, Taiwan's Kuo Hsing-Chun, who broke Olympic records in all three of the event's categories.
Chanu ended India's over two-decade-long wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics.
'...I would particularly like to thank the IOC, for I think really affirming its commitment to the principles of Olympism and establishing that sport is something for all people, that it is inclusive and is accessible.'
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori attended a meeting on March 10 that included the deputy head of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) who tested positive for the new coronavirus this week, officials said. Mori, 82, has not been tested because he has no symptoms of the virus and does not meet testing requirements, an official from Mori's office said. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Mori on March 16, without providing details.
Six-time Olympian Fehaid Aldeehani battled wet and blustery conditions to win the gold medal in the men's double trap event on Wednesday.
A look at how India's athletes fared at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
With less than five months to go until the scheduled start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on July 24, questions have been raised as to whether the Games can go ahead. IOC Sports Director Kit McConnell discussed changes to qualification processes with various international sporting federations last week.
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