Glasgow, July 27 -- India's chief national weightlifting coach Vijay Sharma believes the country's young lifters are moving in the right direction and expressed confidence that India can finally end its 28-year-long Asian Games medal drought after an encouraging start to the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Speaking after Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindyarani Devi added two more medals to India's tally on Day 5 in Glasgow, Sharma told ANI, "There is a great need to improve our weightlifting. We will have to work much harder to prove ourselves at the international level. The performance of the young athletes gives us some satisfaction. Gyaneshwari Yadav improved her total by six kilograms today. We are hopeful that we will end the medal drought of mor...