Sachin, Rakhi emerge Strong Man, and Strong Woman of Nagpur
   Date :25-Nov-2020

Winners _1  H x
 Winners from various categories pose for a photograph. (All pics Anil Futane)
 
Principal Correspondent :
 
Kapil, Archana win Superman, Superwoman titles 
 
SACHIN Thakre and Rakhi Wankhede emerged Strong Man and Strong Woman of Nagpur during the district level senior masters powerlifting and benchpress competitions held on Sunday at Sadar Park. The competitions-cum-selection trial was organised by Nagpur District Powerlifting Association in tandem with Paramount Gym. While Thakre garnered 381.6 points with a lift of 530 kgs to emerge winner in the men's category, Rakhi collected 286.33 points with a lift of 265 kgs to be declared winner in women's section. In the Masters' category, Sidharth Gharde was declared as the Strong Master of Nagpur with 310 points (535 kgs). In the benchpress competition, Kapil Bharadwaj was declared as the Superman of Nagpur with 100.56 points while Archana Nadar (315 kgs) won the Superwoman of Nagpur title with 54.12 points.
 

gym_1  H x W: 0 
 
On the basis of their performances, a district team will be selected which will participate in the State-level competition to be held next month at Pune. Earlier, the competition was inaugurated by Sunil Agrawal, Sadar Corporator. On the occasion, Leo Peter, Secretary, Powerlifting India, Sunil Fulzele, Secretary, Nagpur District Powerlifting Association and gold medal winner for India at Pattaya (Thailand) meet were also present. Vijay Bahadur, RR Bijore, Rizwan Khan, Sushil Thakre, Abhay Nimgade, Amol Chandrikapure, Siddharth Gharde and others worked hard for the success of the meet.
 
Other results: Men (59 kgs weight category): Aszad Ali (360 kgs), Aditya Gupta (295 kgs), Prashant Salve (235 kgs). 67 kgs weight category: Mohd Sahil Sheikh (340 kgs), Nandkishor Banputra (315 kgs), Tushar Gedam (280 kgs). 74 kgs weight category: Sachin Thakre (530 kgs), Suraj Kandlekar (422 kgs), Jerome Arhand (390 kgs). 83 kgs weight category: Ayush Botre (387.5 kgs), Akshay Shipnas (355 kgs), Harshal Sakhare (340 kgs). 93 kgs weight category: Shubham Gharde (535 kgs). 105 kgs weight category: Ayush Sharma, (505 kgs), Silveris Sylvester (375 kgs). Women: 63 kgs weight category: Rakhi Wankhede (265 kgs), Merlyn Benedict (152.5 kgs). 84 kgs weight category: Archana Nadar (315 kgs), Swati Panchole (220 kgs).