Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 23: J&K Sports Power Lifting Association organized State Bench-Press and Deadlift Power Lifting Championship for men and women unequipped today at RKM Gym, Upper Gummat, Kanji House, here.
The Championship was organized to select the players for the forthcoming National Bench-Press and Deadlift Powerlifting Championship to be held at MA Stadium, Jammu from March 20 to 28. More than 200 players participated in this championship.
On the valedictory function, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali, CAPD Minister was the chief guest, who presented the medals and trophies to the power lifters in presence of General Secretary of the Association Rajan Jain and Rakesh Jain, President.
In the Championship, the Power-Man title was bagged by Narender Pal Singh, whereas Surmeet Kour Soni clinched Power-Women title.
In women category, Achint Kour, Surmeet Kour Soni, Neha, Sunita Devi and Anjana Rajput bagged gold medals, whereas in men category, Rhubham Sharma, Vijay Choudhary, Sahil Chib, Jagbir Singh, Raza Rabbani, Harsh Dev Singh, Akshay Gupta, Vikas Manhas, Bobwillis, Tarun Dev Singh, Tarlok Singh, Vikramjeet Singh, Sunil Dogra, Vishdeep, Sumit Chouhan, Mohit Chib, Narender Pal Singh, Yogesh Singh, Nikhil, Yogeshwar, Waqaar Ahmed, Akhil Mehra, Nageshwar, Vishal Singh Manhas, Shubam Gupta, Shubam Aryan and Imran Mirza clinched gold medals.
The silver medals were secured by Shivam Gupta, Harsh Dev Singh, Bobwillis, Sandeep Kumar, Shaheryar, Ansh Arora, Ajay Verma, Archit Raina, Aslam, Shashank, Ankit Kumar and Gourav Chib.
The bronze medals were bagged by Shivam Gupta, Rahul Motal, Vikrant Singh, Vishal Singh Manhas, Rajeev Singh and Vishal Singh Manhas.