{"id":25110,"date":"2026-07-20T02:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25110"},"modified":"2026-07-20T02:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:18:00","slug":"india-at-cwg-2026-know-your-athlete-kasthuri-rajamani-para-powerlifting-commonwealth-games-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25110","title":{"rendered":"India at CWG 2026: Know Your Athlete \u2013 Kasthuri Rajamani (Para Powerlifting) | Commonwealth Games News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132504001,imgsize-52156,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/132504001.jpg\" alt=\"India at CWG 2026: Know Your Athlete \u2013 Kasthuri Rajamani (Para Powerlifting)\" title=\"Kasthuri Rajamani (Photo\/Facebook)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Kasthuri Rajamani (Photo\/Facebook)\">Kasthuri Rajamani (Photo\/Facebook)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Event:<\/span> Women&#8217;s Para Powerlifting, 67kg<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Personal Best:<\/span> 106kg<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">CWG Record:<\/span> The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will mark <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kasthuri-rajamani\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kasthuri Rajamani<\/a>&#8216;s debut at the event.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Major Achievements:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"15\">\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>Paris Paralympics 2024: Finished 8th in the women&#8217;s 67kg final with a lift of 106kg, equalling her personal best<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><keyword id=\"29380165\" type=\"Denny\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"Para-Powerlifting\" source=\"keywords\">Para Powerlifting<\/keyword> World Cup 2024: Bronze medal in the women&#8217;s 67kg with a lift of 105kg<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><keyword id=\"37680143\" type=\"Denny\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"Khelo-India-Para-Games-2023\" source=\"keywords\">Khelo India Para Games 2023<\/keyword>: Gold medal in the elite 67kg category with a lift of 100kg<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Asian Para Games 2022, Hangzhou: 5th place finish in the women&#8217;s 67kg category<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Affected by polio in both legs as a child and raised by her grandmother after losing her mother early in life, Kasthuri Rajamani from Tamil Nadu discovered para powerlifting relatively late, taking up the sport in 2018 at the age of 34 after a friend introduced her to it.<!-- --> Trained by coach G. Vijaya Sarathy and later at the Sports Authority of India, she made rapid progress, representing India at the Asian Para Games within four years of picking up the sport.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Today, at 41, Kasthuri is one of India&#8217;s most experienced para powerlifters, having gone on to compete at the Paris Paralympics. 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