Weightlifters of India has made the nation proud by bringing a total of six medals till now in the Commonwealth Games 2022

[{"selector":"#anim-3100c217-b7ef-471b-a9bd-2cbfa22121d4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e2ae308b-c82b-4844-855f-3a1925e0fa75","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 149.79728%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-81e966fc-2270-4559-902d-57a5cfd5f3e5","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-180deg) translate3d(111.78248%, 0px, 0) rotate(180deg)","rotate(-180deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(180deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-eab742f6-d6dd-4e8e-a833-cd4e2a9aca6b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-893c490e-7360-475d-8ecd-c2c48d6d6bb9","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

From gold to bronze, India’s medal tally has been increased only by weightlifters till July 31, 2022

[{"selector":"#anim-98cf77e7-1400-4358-ae5b-50cc5fbdc15f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0bf6fd49-f83a-47c4-9970-126ecfdc9862","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bc178cee-0f66-44da-97e6-6d110b9696be","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e050321e-75d1-497d-b03c-9edba919ca09","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d78152d2-f0c8-4c25-99e3-8b546baf3b33 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f7cdb3be-3d56-48f7-9c03-9e00671a278d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-754f1a94-606e-48eb-bc69-cae715f354bb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-935756af-e546-4a7e-b280-e65544c7b84f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(51.314697356244785%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli have won 3 gold medals for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022

[{"selector":"#anim-e4c4b7b9-d530-46f2-9e20-6cf33f776a4d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-142ddcb7-5e4d-4534-9152-6d6ec2b43178","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d1f13dc8-1153-464f-8c4a-80c3e2ab1842","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-faee5384-c0e3-4626-9424-3c169fec9a11","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-451b01e6-981c-4666-b122-362b7908e1e4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f5eb7d66-e8bd-4bd9-89f7-d0625e09c38b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-1.2940849359399784%, -19.977531018712575%) scale(1.403225806451613)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Meanwhile, Bidyarani Devi and Sanket Mahadev Sagar have bagged silver medals and Gururaja Poojary won bronze medal in the Games which is still underway at Birmingham

[{"selector":"#anim-98f61b19-4578-4cbf-ac0f-0cf16bff80cf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-624e6868-fe2f-4caf-a10d-7231a04090af","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6d4c011a-1c8e-4643-9468-f3422d6471ab","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-19e6372b-ca83-4d26-a253-3756a6430252","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-50b1634d-9ce4-4765-a5c6-5b5847eec888 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-64.84835898067263%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":5000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

Weightlifting is also one of the prominent games to make a place in first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896

[{"selector":"#anim-a9f3bf34-b548-4813-b712-ba881aa804ae","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b4cc5df2-ef65-478b-baf8-a7ba784fc7e4","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d91113e0-fb4e-4694-8e45-6cda56431ee5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8c3bad83-fcbe-4caf-a199-3e375b6c49f9","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0898d1e8-2c59-4f6f-b865-f93e3d42036c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6f6cac8b-c125-45a9-bd1e-4e2986f3464e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-58.41918958968198%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

The controlling body of weightlifting in India is the Indian Weightlifting Federation which was formed in 1935 with its headquarters in New Delhi

[{"selector":"#anim-cf37f8c9-d96a-4da5-9eb9-6820b8324d6b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4f29ba0f-657a-4c19-981f-0fcf2a330bfd","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-76af941f-7481-400b-98ae-587ff541b835","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bfca70c6-ad47-490d-9f03-03bb0390bcb5","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c0e76d36-796c-4c78-be63-a758d5a93fa2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(68.35937480800591%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

It is affiliated a with International Weightlifting Federation , Asian Weightlifting Federation, Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation and Indian Olympic Association

[{"selector":"#anim-118f0ba5-0a5b-4095-97fa-a295a4e5f185","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-950cc4fc-fd07-445b-b2da-51285cef374a","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3bcde61e-2a18-49d7-ad80-f53ffc46d98b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5127e6a8-4d1c-4015-9f50-da8da120bba3","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d473559d-d78e-44ba-8d10-d3e52a1cae26 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6e49af66-83d6-4142-83a2-c86926266dbb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(46.70410158881169%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}]

Indian weightlifters got to participate for the first time in the Olympics from 1936

[{"selector":"#anim-9ae26825-a773-44ac-8292-83d3ee2d8f3b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7f9478c3-9d4d-41d4-8c0e-7fccf248c4e3","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-74811867-9fb0-436d-8496-8a9c9e51c85d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a39a878f-b14a-4f0c-adfa-11ac0d511c95","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-143fbc89-6add-4e6b-a256-d200513cdf1e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(53.445312591883834%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

India also made its presence in the weightlifting discipline in the Asian Games from 1951 and in the Commonwealth Games from 1966

[{"selector":"#anim-c5b3e53d-9472-4e3e-80a8-dc5eb2e995de","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-03ad7356-d20a-4ebb-bfc4-35f029040e23","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1888728b-9ee9-4c1d-b14c-dc0e00eba1c4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ec3cbc92-8128-4ce6-861d-1a484b335d04","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e789591c-59f1-40b1-be26-5da118ca4aad [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(68.43439298723088%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

Another remarkable achievement of Indian weightlifting is that the first woman to bring an Olympic medal for the country was weightlifter Karnam Malleswari

[{"selector":"#anim-a0111521-69ae-499c-bcdb-76bdeea1f2c2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f9334406-0290-4af2-ad74-c2ecca9563d3","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b36ba969-24b6-4872-b7bd-1a145c3068c6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c77cdcba-2420-47bb-bb76-3666a177247b","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-eab6c503-5798-4e6f-8d64-3994555fb679 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(7.105427357601002e-15%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney

[{"selector":"#anim-e6512d1b-f989-477d-b3fa-4a0144b842e8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7fcd00c8-985b-49ea-b08e-c741b1d01395","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-81d6828e-8785-4216-9901-34499377c7cb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-55247829-dbe4-4083-a304-11af6e82b4e5","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-99413274-a0b7-40d6-89d7-31ced6012f40 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-19.10377383052002%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

The best thing about this discipline in the country is that both men and women are equally achieving laurels in it

[{"selector":"#anim-855f7add-a9d9-45a2-9e14-697ed185f8b9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-80afe770-5751-4a5d-b673-70f98119f193","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f50c3af0-083b-4104-b441-a23ce591ced4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a0876a31-6c07-4026-bef6-bbba6df0a6bb","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3b80329d-49cb-4058-af98-e18a0f86013e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(68.35937480800591%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]