Impressive haul by Indians

April 5: India finished the Asian Powerlifting Championships here today with 14 gold, 21 silver and 5 bronze medals and taking the top place in junior, men8217;s and runners-up in senior men. Indian women took second place behind Chinese Taipei in both seniors and juniors.

The six gold winners today were V Xavier 125 kg, Sushil Kumar plus 125 kg in senior men8217;s and Umesh Kumar Rana 90 kg, Gurmeet Singh 100kg, Kulwant Kumar 110kg and J S Cheema plus 125 kg in juniors.

The four silvers today were brought in by rachpal singh 110 kg and a kapoor 125 kg in seniors and raj dar mishra 82.5 kg and surjit singh 125 kg in juniors.

Taipei8217;s Lee Chia Sui and Chao Chen Yen were adjudged the junior and senior strong women of Asia while Sivokon Alexei of Kazhakastan and Hsies Tsung Ting of Taipei picked up the men8217;s titles.