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Konsam Ormila of India clinches gold medal in Commonwealth Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2017

India’s 15-year old weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi  made the country proud once again by winning gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Youth and Junior  Weightlifting Championships 2017, Australia. The young lifter clinched gold medal in youth girls’ 44kg weight category. Also read: Konsam Ormila of India wins gold medal in Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2017 Ormila …

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Kongbrailatpam Rebita initially joined bodybuilding to beat opponents in wushu!

Indian woman bodybuilder Kongbrailatpam Rebita was a wushu champion, joined bodybuilding to beat opponents in wushu fights! She is a multi games player! “I was a wushu player and won several medals. I shifted to bodybuilding to improve my body and make myself strong. In my wushu semi final fight in 3rd Asian Indoor Games …

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Kojum Taba defends title, creates hat-trick at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship 2017

Junior Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship holder, Mr. Kojum Taba of Arunachal Pradesh, representing India in Commonwealth Junior Weightlifting Championship 2017 defended his Junior Commonwealth Championship title for the 2nd consecutive time by winning gold medal in junior men’s 94kg body weight category. He lifted 140kg in snatch and 177kg in clean & jerk for a total of …

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K Homeshori wins silver in All India Inter University Powerlifting Championship 2017

Powerlifter Konsam Homeshori representing Manipur University won silver medal All India Inter University Powerlifting Championship 2017 which was held at Punjab University, Punjab University, Chandigarh. She won the medal in women’s 57kg category in which 50 women lifters competed. The four days’ championship was participated by more than 95 teams from all-over India. The Manipur …

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Kh Bidyashori wins gold medals in 1st Women Peace and Friendship Wushu Cup 2016, India wins runners up title

Kh Bidyashori and two women wushu players won four medals in the 1st Women Peace and Friendship Wushu Cup 2016 which was held from 22nd to 25th July at Zehedan in Iran. The international wushu player Kh Bidyashwori Chanu bagged two gold medals in Taijiquan and Taijijian events of Taolu. In sanshou events, Th Binapani …

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Khangembam Punil and Ashish Phugat bag bronze medal in Asian Rowing Junior Championships 2017, Singapore

Indian rowers Khangembam  Punil and Ashish Phugat won bronze medal for India at the ongoing Asian Rowing Junior Championships 2017 being held at in Singapore. The Indian duo won the medal in junior men’s double skull 200m event. Also read: Great Britain beat France in cricket in Olympic Games 1900! Rower Kh Punil who hails from …

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Kavita Chahal – a comeback story of a mother into the boxing ring

Boxing is a game of brave hearts. And gaining reputation at the international levels is not easy, leave aside national levels. It is somewhat easy to play boxing  when one is still not married but returning to the game after marriage and having child is not easy at all, especially for women. It takes a …

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Kangabam Mandakini selected as coach of women’s team for the 68th International Boxing Tournament “Strandja” 2017

Former international boxer and World Police & Fire Games 2013 champion in boxing Kangabam Mandakini has been selected as coach for women’s boxing team for the 68th International Boxing Tournament “Strandja” 2017 to be held at Sofia in Bulgaria. She will the women’s team coach along with Jaydev Bisht. In the training-cum-tournament programme, 10 men …

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“The journey of setting Guinness World Record started as a labourer in an iron workshop” says record holder Maibam Itomba Meitei

“I started my career as a weightlifter and the journey of setting Guinness World Record started as a labourer in an iron workshop. I was a national medalist in weightlifting. I wanted to bring fame of Manipur and India in the field of weightlifting. But as my father expired untimely, i stopped to play weightlifting …

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Jimjang Deru creates new national record in clean & jerk event in Senior National Weightlifting Championships 2016

Jimjang Deru of Arunachal Pradesh became new senior national champion by winning gold medal with the creation of a new national record in clean & jerk event in men’s 62kg category with a lift of 153kg beating the record set by Rustam Sarang of Chhattisgarh. Rustam Sarang broke Yukar Sibi’s record of 151kg by lifting …

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