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CWG 2022: 'Golden' boys Achinta Sheuli, Jeremy Lalrinnunga shine on Day 3

Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Making his debut at a multi-discipline Games at the senior level, the 19-year-old reigning Youth Olympic champion Lalrinnunga battled excruciating muscle cramps but shattered two records en route the gold medal in the men's 67kg category. While Sheuli finished day 3 on a high for India with gold in the 73kg event. India now have six medals, all coming from the weightlifting arena at the National Exhibition Centre with Sanket Sargar (silver), Mirabai Chanu (silver), Bidyarani Devi (silver) and Gururaj Poojary (bronze) also earning podium finishes.

Santos banned for faking age, stripped of 2012 World Junior Championships gold

Dominican sprinter Luguelin Santos has been stripped of his World Junior Championships gold medal and banned for three years for age-manipulation violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday.

Indian Rifle Shooter Nischal Bags Silver In Rio World Cup

Young Indian shooter Nischal has won silver in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the ISSF World Cup in Rio De Janeiro. She on Monday gave India its second medal on the concluding day of the tournament. Her achievement becomes even more credible given that this was her very first senior World Cup appearance. She finished behind Norwegian rifle ace Jeanette Hegg Duestad with a score of 458.0 in the final. Duestad is the reigning Air Rifle European Champion and 300m 3P World Champion and has 12 ISSF World Cup medals to her name including five gold. She was also fourth in Tokyo Olympics.

Indian Rifle Shooter Nischal Bags Silver In Rio World Cup

Young Indian shooter Nischal has won silver in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions at the ISSF World Cup in Rio De Janeiro. She on Monday gave India its second medal on the concluding day of the tournament. Her achievement becomes even more credible given that this was her very first senior World Cup appearance. She finished behind Norwegian rifle ace Jeanette Hegg Duestad with a score of 458.0 in the final. Duestad is the reigning Air Rifle European Champion and 300m 3P World Champion and has 12 ISSF World Cup medals to her name including five gold. She was also fourth in Tokyo Olympics.

Manu Bhaker, Divyansh Panwar, Aishwary Paratap Singh Among Shooters Picked For Worlds, Asian Games

Olympians Manu Bhaker, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar were among the shooters named in the Indian squads for the upcoming ISSF World Championships and Asian Games. The 2018 Asian Games gold medallist and former Youth Olympic champion Saurabh Chaudhary missed out of the teams for the two big tournaments, which were announced on Saturday. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the governing body of the sport in the country, announced the Indian rifle and pistol squad for the upcoming World Championships in August in Baku, Azerbaijan and the Hangzhou Asian Games in China in September.

Manu Bhaker, Divyansh Panwar, Aishwary Paratap Singh Among Shooters Picked For Worlds, Asian Games

Olympians Manu Bhaker, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar were among the shooters named in the Indian squads for the upcoming ISSF World Championships and Asian Games. The 2018 Asian Games gold medallist and former Youth Olympic champion Saurabh Chaudhary missed out of the teams for the two big tournaments, which were announced on Saturday. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the governing body of the sport in the country, announced the Indian rifle and pistol squad for the upcoming World Championships in August in Baku, Azerbaijan and the Hangzhou Asian Games in China in September.

Asian Championships: Jeremy Lalrinnunga Wins Silver In snatch But Fails To Complete Event

Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga won a silver in snatch but could not get an overall total as he failed to lift the weight in any of his three clean and jerk attempts in a disappointing show at the Asian Championships in Jinju, Korea on Sunday. Competing in his first tournament since the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Jeremy was the only one in the 12-lifter field who did not finish (DNF) his event. The 20-year-old, however, won a silver medal in the snatch event with a personal best-equalling lift of 141kg in the non-Olympic 67kg weight class.

Our Yuva Shakti is creating history: PM Narendra Modi after Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins CWG gold

The 19-year-old weightlifter smashed two Games records on his way to a sensational gold medal win at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games as he added a second yellow metal to India's tally on Sunday. "Our Yuva Shakti is creating history! Congratulations to @raltejeremy, who has won a Gold in his very first CWG and has set a phenomenal CWG record as well," Modi said in a tweet.

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CWG 2022: 'Golden' boys Achinta Sheuli, Jeremy Lalrinnunga shine on Day 3

Santos banned for faking age, stripped of 2012 World Junior Championships gold

Indian Rifle Shooter Nischal Bags Silver In Rio World Cup

Indian Rifle Shooter Nischal Bags Silver In Rio World Cup

Manu Bhaker, Divyansh Panwar, Aishwary Paratap Singh Among Shooters Picked For Worlds, Asian Games

Manu Bhaker, Divyansh Panwar, Aishwary Paratap Singh Among Shooters Picked For Worlds, Asian Games

Asian Championships: Jeremy Lalrinnunga Wins Silver In snatch But Fails To Complete Event

Our Yuva Shakti is creating history: PM Narendra Modi after Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins CWG gold