Powerlifting: Ojha breaks two records

In the senior women’s 56 kg category,Tejaswini Naidu broke the dead lift record previously set by Jenny Hunter of England by lifting a total of 171 kg. In the junior women’s 67.5 kg category,Surya Prabha of India broke the squat record set previously by Cene Pettit of South Africa by lifting a total of 153.5 kg. Among the winners,Rajlaxmi Singh won gold in the 56 kg sub-junior women’s category by lifting a total of 215 kg.

In the same weight group,Tejaswini Naidu won gold after lifting 398.5 kg. In the 60 kg category for women,Rekha Gogoi won gold in the M-1 category after lifting 157.5 kg. In the 67.5 kg women’s category,gold medals were won by Vallari Deolekar in the Sub-junior category,Surya Prabha in the Junior category,Vishya Kadam in the senior category and Bhagwati Devi in the M-1 category.

In the 67.5 kg men’s category,golds were won by Kiran Sanas in the junior group,Devender Singh in the senior group,Bhaskar Rao in the M-1 group and Ramkrishnan S in the M-2 group. In the 75 kg men’s category,Krishnan Kumar,Amit Kumar,Rajesh Govind Parab,Hemachandra and Vijayarangan won gold medals in their respective categories.