Tanpa Medali di Kejuaraan Dunia Junior, Najla Tingkatkan Total Angkatan
Lifter muda Indonesia Najla Khoirunnisa gagal membawa pulang medali dari Kejuaraan Dunia Angkat Besi Junior 2022. Meski begitu, catatan angkatannya meningkat.
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Weightlifter Harshada Sharad Garud becomes Junior World Champion
Harshada Sharad Garud on Monday became India's first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Greece. Harshada claimed the yellow metal with a total effort of 153kg (70kg+83kg) in the women's 45kg category, opening India's account on the opening day of the competition.
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Mirabai Chanu’s entry in 55 kg rejected for Commonwealth Games, will compete in 49 kg
Mirabai Chanu won’t compete in the 55kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, as originally planned by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) to maximise the country’s medal chances at the multi-sport event. The champion Manipuri lifter will return to her original weight division of 49kg at the Games, to be held from July 28 to August 8. It’s been learnt that the international weightlifting federation (IWF) rejected her entry in the 55kg after informing the IWLF that Mirabai can’t switch weight divisions since she isn’t India’s No.
Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov banned for eight years, stripped of Rio gold
Nijat Rahimov, who won gold in the 77kg at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been banned from the sport for eight years for a doping offence and will be stripped of his medal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday. Rahimov, 28, was found guilty of four urine substitutions, which amounts to the "Use of a Prohibited Method" under International Weightlifting Federation's anti-doping rules.
Kazakh weightlifter Rahimov banned for eight years, stripped of Rio gold
Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov, who won gold in the 77kg at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been banned from the sport for eight years for a doping offence and will be stripped of his medal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday.