Venue: Mahatma Mandir Exhibition and convention center, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Date: 11-17 May 2026.

• India is hosting this event after 44 years.

• This was only the second time India hosted the Asian Weightlifting Championships after New Delhi hosted it in 1982.
• Previous edition 2025- Jiangshan, China.

Participants: around 180 athletes from 28 countries.

• India, China and Sri Lanka = largest squad with 16 lifters each.

A total of 27 Asian records and 25 world records, including Senior and Junior categories , were set during the championships.

This event also serves as an important qualification event for the upcoming commonwealth Games and Asian Games.

Medal Tally 

India’s Performance

• It was a major improvement from the previous edition in Jiangshan, where India failed to win a medal.

• Silver Medal: 
  • Gyaneshwari Yadav (53kg) in the snatch event.
• Bronze Medal: 9 

  • Sanjana (77kg) won 3 bronze medals,

    • Overall, clean and jerk and snatch.

  • Ajith Narayana (71kg) won 2 bronze medals, 

    • Overall, clean and jerk.

  • Gyaneshwari Yadav (53kg),  

  • Komal Kohar (48kg) won 2 bronze medals- one in clean and jerk and another for overall performance. This was the first medal in this championship for India.

    • Komal Kohar was competing in place of injured Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu.

  • Harjinder Kaur (69kg) in the snatch event.