Paramjit declared best weight-lifter

NEW DELHI, November 22: Paramjit Sharma of BEG Rorrkee, an Arjuna Awardee, who lifted 140kg in two snatch and 175kg in two clean and jerk with a total of 315kg, was declared the overall best weightlifter in the third Army weightlifting championships held at Roorkee from November 16 to 21.

BEG Roorkee also claimed the overall team position with a tally of 124 points, followed by Signals 113 and BEG Kirkee 83.

A total of 14 teams participated in the championships during which several Army and Services records were bettered. The notable among them being M Ranganathan Signals, 62kg, Paramjit Sharma BEG Roorkee, 85kg and Gurcharan Singh BEG Roorkee, 94kg.