Mirabai Chanu faces weight class shift at LA Olympics

'The removal of 49kg is a good thing for Mirabai because cutting down her weight to 48kg was a taxing process.' IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the......

Mirabai reveals new weight category for LA 2028 Olympics

IMAGE:  Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver medal in the women's 49kg division at Tokyo 2020 and finished fourth in the same division at Paris 2024, will no longer have the class as an option in Los......

Olympian Mirabai's future hangs in balance

IWF scraps her weight category; Olympic weight category yet to be known. IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu had won a silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in 49 kg category. Photograph: Amanda......

Malleswari resigns from IWF

Sydney Olympics bronze medalist Karnam Malleswari has reportedly resigned as the vice-president of Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF). According to reports, Malleswari was upset with the way the......

Three Russians' samples positive for same banned substance: IWF

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on Friday that doping samples taken from three-time world weightlifting champion Nadezhda Evstyukhina and two other Russian weightlifters had......