STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Involving around 130 lifters across different age groups and weight categories of men and women, the day-long J&K UT Deadlift Championship concluded at Indoor Complex, Bhagwati Nagar, here under the banner of All J&K UT Powerlifting Association.
Gourav Sharma broke the record and set his new record by lifting 320 Kg in 120 kg weight category. The competition held in Classic (Unequipped) in Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and Masters categories in both men and women sections.
Political leader, Om Parkash Khajuria was the Chief Guest while Paramjeet Singh, Dr. Aman and Dinesh Gupta was special guests in the valedictory function, a handout issued by the Association here today informed.
Considering the performance, Gourav Sharma, Adnan Choudhary, Prince Kumar and Raman Gupta declared best lifter in Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and Master Classic (Unequipped) Men Category respectively.
Similarly, Rittu Charak, Sapna Jain, Shivani Langeh and Harshita Sharma named best lifter in Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and Master Women respectively.
Around 130 players participated in this event from districts of Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Poonch, Kishtwar, Reasi, Rajouri, Budgam and Kulgam.
Members of the organising committee and technical panel comprised Ajay Sharma (general secretary), Rahul Sawhney (senior vice president), Gulzar Singh (vice president), Vikram Singh (vice president), Adil Ashraf Khan (Jammu District general secretary), Feroz Shah (Srinagar District general secretary), Shabeel Ahmed (Kathua District general secretary), Azim Raja, (Kishtwar District general secretary), Riyaz Ahmed Butt (president District Srinagar), Sanjeev Singh (joint secretary), Vinay Sharma (media secretary), Deepak Jyoti, Sumit Gupta, Anshuman Sharma, Joginder Kumar, Sandeep Banmotra, Gourav Gupta, Narinder Pal Singh, Suresh Pal, Sajjad, Vishal Sharma, Vickramdeep and Vickramjeet Singh (all executive members).
Medal Winners:
WOMEN: GOLD: Sapna Jain, Arshia Rajput, Diksha Kapoor, Harshita Sharma, Malvika Mohan, Amita Devi, Pooja Devi, Suhani Sharma, Gurpreet Kour, Anya Rakwal, Shivani Langeh, Rittu Charak, Manya Rakwal and Nitika Gupta. SILVER: Vanshika Verma, Arju Bhagat, Juhi Sharma, Meenu Kalotra and Shivani Langeh. BRONZE: Surbhi Sharma, Aadya Jain, Kritika Mehra and Kumari Poonam.
MEN: GOLD: Hasan Raza, Lucky Kumar, Pardeep Kumar, Suryadev Singh, Amit Sharma, Paramjeet Singh, Gurbakih Singh, Raj Sharma, Simronjeet Singh, Prince Kumar Satyam Choudhary, Jagdev Singh, Raman Gupta, Ansh Kumar, Mumin Dar, Babul Reyan Aslam, Amit Bhalla, Krish Chadda, Adnan Choudhary, Yadvendra Singh, Harjeet Singh Reen, Sujal Bhasin, Ashish Kumar, Abhimanyu Sharma, Amrit Sharma, Paritosh Ganju, Manav Sharma and Gourav Sharma. SILVER: Liaquat Ali, Anshu Kumar, Ankit Choudhary, Gautam Kumar, Nitin Sharma, Sohail Choudhary, Krishna Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh, Faizan Haider Kandoo, Meet Sharma, Sarthak Dubey, Madhav Sharma, Rahil Rajput, Kewal Kumar, Harsh Sharma, Naman Mahajan, Vikram Singh, Asif Ansari and Abhishek Kumar. BRONZE: Shreyansh Rai, Sidhrath Kumar, Mohd. Ramzan, Karan Sharma, Mohd. Irfan, Gourav Thappa, Prince Kumar, Sudhanshu Chalotra, Naman Sharma, Daksh Khajuria, Karthik Bhan, Himanshu Sharma and Harsh Shalia.
