J&K wins 17 medals in National Bench Press C’ship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Powerlifting Team won 17 medals including 3 silver and 14 bronze in the recently concluded Junior and Senior (Equipped And Un-Equipped) National Bench Press Championship held at Ranchi in Jharkhand.
The State team also won runners-up trophy in the women category.
The silvers medal winners include Narender Pal Singh, Radha Kumari and Khushi Wadhera, while the bronze medals went to Sawan Kumar, Aditya Sharma, Vikrant Singh, Vikram Deep, Anand Deep Bassan, Adil Ashraf Khan, Vijay Sharma, Anjana Devi, Monika Sharma, Simran Bumrah.
The team was honoured today by J&K State Sports Council in presence of Shiv Kumar Sharma, Joint Secretary; Ravi Singh, Divisional Sports Officer Jammu and Weightlifting Coach Inder Pal Singh.
The officials of the J&K State Powerlifting Association namely Ajay Sharma, General Secretary, Rahul Sawhney, Senior Vice President and Sanjeev Singh, Joint Secretary were also present on the occasion.
The Team participated in the Championship under the banner of All J&K State Power Lifting Association affiliated to Power Lifting India, formerly Indian Power Lifting Association.

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