J&K UT Powerlifters shine at Nat’l C’ship

Powerlifters posing for group photograph.
Powerlifters posing for group photograph.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

Jammu, Feb 26: J&K UT Powerlifting team has won 10 gold and five silver medals in Junior, Sub Junior and Master Category in Indian Powerlifting Championship held at Surat, Gujarat.
The championship winners from Jammu were Sumit Thakyal (Junior) gold in Deadlift, Ravinder Singh (Master) gold, Sudhanshu Chalotra (Junior) gold in Deadlift, Paras Kumar (Sub Junior) gold, Kunal Verma (Junior) gold, Krishna Verma (junior) gold, Sudhanshu Chalotra (Junior) silver in full Powerlifting, Ritesh Gupta (Junior) silver, Krish Gupta (junior) silver.
While winners from Kashmir were Inayat Ull Khan (Master) gold, Bilal Ahmed Kalla two gold in Benchpress and Deadlift and Hayat Mohammad Khan (Master) gold in Bench Press, silver in Deadlift and Full Powerlifting. These winner’s win this Championship under the guidance of Iqbal Singh, State Secretary.