India won four gold at the IBA Women's World Championships in a depleted field. To put things in perspective, five of the boycotting nations -- USA, Ireland, Canada, Poland and Netherlands -- had finished in the top-10 in the last two editions of the tournament.
Olympian Deepak Punia skipped the national trials, in Patiala on Saturday.
You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044. Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding - and it is this trifecta India needs to work on, systematically, asserts Prem Panicker.
It was double delight for the hosts in the men's 61kg junior event as Sankar Lapung clinched the bronze medal with a best effort of 256kg (114kg+142kg).
The 27-year-old has also qualified for the CWG in the 49kg weight category on the basis of her Commonwealth rankings.
Punam was in the silver medal winning position after snatch where she lifted 98kg in her third attempt.
The IBA Women's World Boxing Championships is scheduled to be held from May 6 to 21 in Istanbul, Turkey while the 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2022 Asian Games will begin on July 28 and September 10 respectively.
The reigning U23 Asian champion Sujeet Kalkal slammed the IOA ad-hoc committee for granting direct entry to Bajrang Punia for the Asian Games.
India's judoka Tulika Maan gave her all but came up short against Scotland's Sarah Adlington in the final to settle for a silver medal in the women's 78kg category in the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.
Fresh from her historic feat Mirabai touched down in the country to a rousing welcome, on Saturday.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
Lovlina, who was knocked out in the first round in Gold Coast edition, attacked from the word go, using a combination of punches.
Clearly disappointed with her show, the national federation chief said that the lifter competed with an injury to her knee.
Tokyo Olympian and 2019 Asian Championships silver medallist Ashish Chaudhary will also be representing the country for the second time and would be keen to add another major medal to his name.
'We used to give these boxers a hammering in the ring and now they are teaching youngsters how to defend. Come on man!' 'People like Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar were among the top boxers in the world, but instead of choosing them to train young boxers they are picking people who are yes men.'
'CWG was not that important to me as my main target is Paris'
Her father, who is also into farming, had to shut his grocery shop for the day.
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Yogeshwar asked all the wrestlers to approach IOA and lodge their protest against such unfair decision.
Harjinder totalled 212kgs (93 in snatch and 119 in clean and jerk) to finish on the podium on Monday night.
Bindyarani Devi produced a tremendous effort to secure a silver in the women's 55kg category as India secured a fourth weightlifting medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.
The trials for the wrestling World Championships will be held on August 25-26 in Patiala, the ad-hoc panel announced on Monday, ending weeks of uncertainty around the selection competition.
Chanu had confessed that the 90kg lift had become somewhat of a mental block last year, ahead of the CWG.
In the lightweight (57-60kg) division, Jasmine will feature straight in the quarter-finals after getting a first round bye.
The world number nine will play Hong Kong's fifth seed Angus Ng Ka Long in the last eight stage.
The 15-year-old lifted a total of 267kg(119kg+148kg) to finish third.
Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will miss the World Championship and the Commonwealth Senior Championship slated to take place simultaneously between December 7 to 17 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Lovepreet, including a new national record of 192 kg in clean and jerk, to finish third on the podium.
Rodrigues was one of the pillars of the Indian team that went all the way into the finals of the Commonwealth Games
India have fielded a strong contingent led by two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain.
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Bindyarani Devi had a total effort of 194kg (83kg+111kg) in the non-Olympic 55kg category.
Addressing a brief welcome home ceremony at the airport, Royte said Jeremy's success has brought laurel to not only India but also to Mizoram.
Satwiksairaj and Chirag won 21-17, 21-11.
Sen has a 4-2 head-to-head record against his final opponent Li Shi Feng, the reigning All-England champion. Sen had defeated him recently at the Thailand Open.
India's champion athletes returned to a rousing reception when they landed home on Tuesday after their spectacular showing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Bhavina Patel wins gold in women's singles classes 3-5 category
Last month, the ad hoc committee handed Vinesh and Bajrang exemptions from the Asian Games trials.
With Mirabai not in medal contention, weightlifting Worlds set to be an underwhelming affair for India
