Divyansh Soni, Meenu Murlidharan Awarded Strong Man and Woman
The District Powerlifiting Association Udaipur organized District Junior and Master Power Lifting Championship at Luv Kush Stadium. Title of Strong Men and Women of Udaipur were awarded to Dinyansh Soni and Meenu Murlidharan.
The District Powerlifiting Association Udaipur organized District Junior and Master Power Lifting Championship at Luv Kush Stadium. Title of Strong Men and Women of Udaipur were awarded to Dinyansh Soni and Meenu Murlidharan.
Athletes of various weight category participated in tournament divided over two major heads of Junior and Masters. Divyansh Soni (74 Kg weight group) lifted 572.5 Kg to become Strong Men, while Meenu Murlidharan (57 Kg weight group) lifted 205 Kg for the title. Events of the same started earlier this morning, which concluded with a prize distribution ceremony in presence of esteemed guests.
According to Vinod Sahu, President, District Power Lifting Association, these gold medalist would become part of Udaipur team for upcoming State Level Tournament in Bikaner, which would be organized from 14th to 15 December 2013.
Nimit Auddich secured gold medal in 53Kg Weight category with compound lifting of 340 Kgs, Abdul Rauf was awarded gold in 59 Kg Weight category with compound lift of 375 Kgs, Shekhar Sharma lifted 405 Kgs to secure gold in 66 Kg Weight category, while in 66 Kg masters group Sohan Nalvaya lifted 415 Kg for gold medal.
Further in the events international lifter Bhupendra Vyas lifted 427.5 Kgs in Masters group of 74 Kg weight group was awarded gold medal, whereas in Master III group Abdul Hafeez lifted 180 Kg for gold medal. In 83 Kg Masters Abhishiek Purohit lifted 300 Kgs for gold medal, while in 83 Kgs masters (1) Chandesh Soni lifted 480 kg for gold medal.
On the other side in Women’s Group, Tamanna Salvi was awarded gold in 52 kg weight, in 63 kg weight group Manju Gameti secured gold, Vaishali Sharan received gold in 84 Kg weight group and Indra Bhandari was given gold medal in 72 Kg Masters weight group.