Indian sports wrap, October 11: Harjinder Kaur sets new National Records at weightlifting nationals

WEIGHTLIFTING Harjinder Kaur sets news National Records at National weightlifting championships Punjab’s Harjinder Kaur created three new national records – one in snatch (98kg) , one in clean & jerk (125kg) and one in total (223kg) – bettering her own old records of 96kg, 124kg and 220kg, respectively at the National Weightlifting Championships in Nagrota…

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IND vs GER, bilateral hockey 2024: Major Dhyan Chand Stadium gets facelift ahead of India-Germany Test series

Once it chronicled Mir Ranjan Negi’s epic fall from grace, Dhanraj Pillay’s artistic spadework and Sandeep Singh’s muscular drag-flicks, but through the past decade, Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium’s concrete pillars and ill-maintained dusty bucket seats perhaps were resigned to the fact that its glory days as epicentre of Indian hockey were a thing of…

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Indian sports wrap, October 9: Raja shines during the National weightlifting championships

WEIGHTLIFTING Raja shines during the National weightlifting championships M. Raja bettered his National record twice each in clean and jerk (159kg and 165kg) and total (283kg, 289kg) on his way to win the men’s 61kg crown in the National weightlifting championships here on Wednesday. Services’ Ch. Rishikanta Singh bettered the National record in snatch (new…

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