India’s Bindyarani Devi wins silver at Asian Championships

India’s Bindyarani Devi wins silver at Asian Championships

File photo of India’s S. Bindyarani Devi | Photo Credit: PTI Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi won the silver medal in the women’s 55kg event at the Asian Championships here on May 6. The Commonwealth Games silver medallist had a total effort of 194kg (83kg+111kg) in the non-olympic 55kg category. ALSO READ | Mirabai, Indian lifters […]

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Bindyarani finishes 25th at World championships

Bindyarani finishes 25th at World championships

Bindyarani Devi totalled 200kg to finish 25th in the women’s 59kg weight class at the World weightlifting championships in Bogota on Thursday. Competing in Group ‘D’, Bindyarani — a Commonwealth Games silver medallist in 55kg with an aggregate of 202kg — lifted 86kg in snatch (second attempt) and 114kg in clean and jerk (third attempt, […]

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Weightlifters Mirabai, Jeremy, Achinta to skip Asian Championship; to have S&C camp in U.S. for World Meet

Weightlifters Mirabai, Jeremy, Achinta to skip Asian Championship; to have S&C camp in U.S. for World Meet

“We will be in USA for 23-24 days. It is the off season so we will have a strength program there,” said India head coach Vijay Sharma “We will be in USA for 23-24 days. It is the off season so we will have a strength program there,” said India head coach Vijay Sharma Olympic […]

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Medal rush continues as Bindyarani Devi wins silver

Medal rush continues as Bindyarani Devi wins silver

Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi (55kg) clinched a silver in the women’s 55kg as India continued its medal rush at the Commonwealth Games. Bindyarani lifted a total weight of 202kg (86kg+116kg) to finish second on Saturday. Also read: CWG 2022 | Saket Sargar gets silver; Gururaja Poojary settles for bronze With the 116kg clean and jerk lift, […]

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