Indian weightlifter Diksha Gaikwad broke two Commonwealth Youth Games records as she clinched as many gold medals in the 48kg category at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi on Monday. The Amrawati girl lifted a record overall weight of 140 kg, which included the Games’ best snatch lift of 64kg, to finish on top. [...]
Dola Banerjee and L Bombayla Devi crashed out of the women’s individual archery event at the Beijing Olympics after losing their respective opening round matches on Tuesday. While Dola lost to Canadian Marie-Pier Beaudet, Bombayla went down to Poland’s Iwona Marcinkiewicz. In a thrilling contest, Dola and Beaudet were tied at 109 at the end [...]
After the early morning disappointments, India had something to look forward to on Sunday when three events brought hope for the nation, namely shooting, archery and rowing. Even as Anjali Bhagwat, debutant Avneet Kaur Sidhu and veteran Samresh Jung failed to fire their way into the finals of the their respective individual events, Manavjit Singh [...]