Over 250 athletes including men and women are participating at the State level Powerlifting Championship which was inaugurated at Community Center Sector 3 in Bokaro Steel City in association with Bokaro District Powerlifting Association on Tuesday.
The Jharkhand State Powerlifting Bench Press Championship was inaugurated by Jyotirmoy Dey in which athletes from all ten districts of the including members of at least 15 Gym units are taking part.
Khushboo Rani got the first position while Rashmani scored the second position in women’s group of 47 Kgs body weight. Kanchan Jasmin in 52 kgs and Madhvi Vilochan grabbed top in 57 kgs weight group, informed Debi Prasad Chatterjee Joint Secretary of Jharkhand Powerlifting Association.
“On the auspicious occasion of Vishwakarma puja, we are organizing this championship and the first time we are going to felicitate the third-ranked players too. Among the winners we will select two best players for the championship,” he added.
Beside others, Bijay Singh, Rita Gurung, Inderjit Singh, Kishor Kumar, Rajesh Singh, Somnath, Somain, Sanjit, Prabir were present during the inaugural eve.
