Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: A two day-long Jammu District Powerlifting and Deadlift Championship unequipped and equipped Sub Junior, Junior, Senior & Master (Men & Women) concluded at Indoor Stadium Bhagwati Nagar, here today.
The championship was organized by Jammu District Powerlifting Association under the aegis of J&K-UT Powerlifting Association and the supervision of Ritika Slathia (Observor) Judo Coach Incharge Indoor Stadium Bhagwati Nagar.
Ritika Slathia Incharge Manager Indoor Stadium was the Chief Guest on the occasion while Bhanu Partap (Asian Gold Medallist and World Champion Judo player) and Rahul Dev Manhas (Retd. Executive Engineer) were the special guests who distributed prizes among the winner and runner up players.
In Powerlifting Championship Ronit Verma, Mannat Mahajan and Sapna Jain won best lifter in Senior unequipped, and equipped while Ritik Singh, Gurbaksh Singh, Meenu Kalotra and Shivani Langeh won best lifter in Junior unequipped & equipped. Pardeep Kumar, Ankush Kumar and Arshia Rajput won best lifter in Sub-Junior, equipped & Unequipped, Amit Bhalla and Rakhi Grover won best lifter in Master-I Equipped & Unequipped in Powerlifting Championship. In Deadlift Championship Ronit Verma, Krish, Manik Kumar, Nitish Shallia, Barun Singh Rakwal, Harsh Shallia, Harjeet Singh, Rahul Dev Manhas and Gurpreet Kour won best lifter in Sub Junior, Junior, Senior& Master-I unequipped & equipped category. Around 120 players participated in this championship.
Ronit Verma create new record by lifting 272.5 Kg in Deadlift and 742.5 kg in total 105 kg category, Dhruv Mehra also broke previous record and create new record by lifting 215 kg in Deadlift in 59 kg category, Ankush Kumar created new record by lifting 222.5 kg in squat in 74 kg category and Meenu Kalotra created new record by lifting 102.5 kg in Bench Press in 76 kg category,
The officials of the association who organized Jammu District Power Lifting & Deadlift Championship in well mannered under the rule and regulation of Power Lifting India were Ajay Sharma General Secretary, Rahul Sawhney, Senior Vice President, Gulzar Singh Vice President, Vikram Singh Vice President, Adil Ashraf Khan Jammu District General Secretary, Deepak Jyoti, Joint Secretary, Vinay Sharma Media Secretary & executive member of the association were Sumit Gupta, Anshuman Sharma, Joginder Kumar, Sandeep Banmotra, Gourav Gupta, Narinder Pal Singh, Suresh Pal, Sajjad, Ajit Pal Singh & Vishal Sharma.
The medal winners in Women Category were Arshia Rajput, Sapna Jain, Arzu Bhagat, Malvika Mohan, Ananta Singh, Rakhi Grover, Gurpreet Kour, Meenu Kalotra, Shivani Langeh, Kumari Poonam, Akriti Nagpal, Smriti Bhasan and Tanika Kalsi won Gold medals. The silver medal was won by Shivani Langeh.
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