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Monika,Sarabjit to lead Indian challenge
Dope-tainted Manipuri lifter L Monika Devi and Sarabjit Singh,who broke his own national record in the over 105kg category...
Written by Press Trust Of India
New Delhi | August 10, 2010 01:55 AM IST
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Dope-tainted Manipuri lifter L Monika Devi and Sarabjit Singh,who broke his own national record in the over 105kg category,will spearhead Indian challenge at the Commonwealth Games. A silver medallist in the 69kg category in Melbourne Commonwealth Games,Monika had to serve a two-year ban for a dope flunk in 2008.
The top woman lifter was back in action in June when she joined training for the Commonwealth Games after clearing a confirmatory test. Monika,however,was not up to the mark on Sunday but managed to finish comfortably as the best in womens 75kg in the selection trial.
Sarabjit,will join team mates Sukhen Dey 56kg,VS Rao 56kg,Rustam Sarang 62kg,Omkar Otari 62kg,K Ravi Kumar 69kg,CPR Sudhir Kumar 77kg,Chandrakant Mali 85kg.
The selection trails of weightlifting were held at JN Stadium and after due deliberations,the selections committee in its meeting unanimously decided the composition of final Indian team participating in the XIX Commonwealth Games, IWF general secretary Sahdev Yadav said in a release.
In the womens team,besides Monica,Soniya Chanu 48kg,A Sandhya Rani 48kg,Swati Singh 53kg,Renu Bala Chanu 58,Srishti Singh 75kg,Geeta Rani 75kg and Matsa Santoshi 48kg as the reserve player are the other contenders.
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