♦ Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu and Commonwealth Games gold medallist S. Sathish Kumar have been elected chairperson and vice-chairperson, respectively, of the Athletes’ Commission of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF).

♦ Their term will last four years. 

♦ Mirabai is one of India’s most decorated weightlifters, holding multiple national records and historic milestones to her name.

♦ Her personal best in the total lift is 205kg — 86kg in snatch and 119kg in clean and jerk — which also stands as the national record.

♦ She holds the national record in snatch as well, with a lift of 88kg. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she became the first Indian weightlifter to win a silver medal.

♦ Sathish had clinched a gold medal in weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

♦ Competing in the men’s 77kg category, he lifted a total of 317kg — 144kg in snatch and 173kg in clean and jerk.