Powerlifters Sudhir, Jaideep shine as Haryana top with six gold medals in Nationals

New Delhi, March 31 : Asian Para Games medallist Sudhir and Jaideep, who represented India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, clinched gold medals as Haryana topped the medals table with six gold medals at the 19th Senior and 14th Junior National Para Powerlifting Championship 2022 held at Netaji Subhas Eastern Centre, Kolkata.

Overall Haryana won 11 medals that also included three bronze and two silver.

Haryana was followed by Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Delhi and UP with three gold medals each.In the mens under 88kg category, Sudhir lifted an impressive 232kg enough to take the gold way ahead of Delhis Joginder Singh (150kg) and Bihars Mahan Aditya (145KG).

Jaideep, competing in mens under 72kg, lifted 151kg for the gold finishing ahead of Gujarats Ramubhai Bambhava (150kg) and Delhis Kuldeep Kumar (146kg).The other gold medallists for Haryana were Ashok (mens -65kg), Deepak (mens -80kg), Pradeep Joon (mens -107kg) and Geeta (womens -73kg).

In mens under 49kg finals, World Championships medallist Paramjeet Kumar from Punjab came out with one of his best shows lifting 165kg for the gold.His lift was way ahead of his Worlds bronze medal effort as he finished ahead of Gujarats Dilip Shukla (118kg) and Delhis Gulfam Ahmed (118kg).

Seasoned powerlifter Farman Basha, an Asian Para Games medallist, was also in action representing Karnataka claiming the gold in mens under 54kg event.In the womens event, Asian Para Games silver medallist Shakina Khatun of Karnataka took the under 50kg event gold with her third successful lift of 95kg.

Tamil Nadus Gomathi (58KG) and Sapna Shah of Gujarat (52kg) finished second and third, respectively.Otherwise, it was powerlifters from Rajasthan and Punjab who claimed two gold medals each in womens events.

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