Paramjeet Kumar becomes first Indian para-powerlifter to bag medal at Worlds

Tbilisi (Georgia), Nov 28, : Paramjeet K Kumar became the first Indian parapowerlifter to win a medal at the World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday.

Omar Shami Qarada, from Egypt, won the gold medal after lifting an impressive 174kg.Van Cong Le of Viatnam won the silver medal after he lifted 170kg "History made for India in Para @Powerlifting" by Paramjit Kumar, Punjab, as he wins #bronze in the ongoing World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi (Georgia).

Paramjits 158KG Lift made history! Support the @ParalympicIndia team, as the championship continues! Deepa Malik, President of the Paralympic Committee of India tweeted "Parmjeet Kumar wins 1st Medal (BRONZE), in the mens up-to 49kg category at the ongoing World Para-Powerlifting Cships 2020 Parmjeets winning lift was 158kg.Many congratulations," SAI Media tweeted.

Parmjeet won a bronze medal in 49kg at the 2018 Asian Para Games, Indonesia.Parmjeet is a resident in Haripur Khalsa village (22 km from Ludhiana), Punjab.A ten-member Indian Parapowerlifting team, including Sakina Khatun (41.5 kg Karnataka), Manreet Singh (44.1 kg Punjab), Raj Kumari (55.5 kg Delhi), Geeta (66.7 kg Haryana), Geeta (86.6 kg Rajasthan), and Geeta (67 kg Haryana), are competing in the womens category.Parmjit Kumar (49kg, Punjab), Ashok (65kg, Haryana), Jai Deep (73.3 kg Haryana), Sudhir (88kg, Uttar Pradesh) and Sachin Chaudhary (1107 kg, Uttar Pradesh) are participating in the mensng in the mens).inj/bs #bronze #Paramjeet #Kumar #Indian #medal #Worlds #Delhi #Cricket #BCCI #ICC #IPL.