Nilesh, Archana excel in powerlifting

Nilesh secured the highest 103 points whereas Archana (51.5) , Sachin (172) and Selvin (119.5) also displayed outstanding perfoorance at the Paramount Gym in Sadar. International bodybuilder Tejaswini Pandit presented medals, certificates and gifts to the winners. President (MPA) and Corporator Kamlesh Chaudhary, (Corporator) Sunil Fulzale (Secretary NDPLA) were present in the competition. The first Maharashtra State Powerlifting and Benchpress competition will be held in Nagpur in February, said Leo Peter Secretary (MPA).

Bench Press (Men’s Group) : 59 kg Group (Bench Press): 1) Nilesh Hinge, 2) Rupesh Nandanwar, 3) Aniket Janbandhu. 66 kg group: 1) Ram Yadav, 2) Nandkishore Banpurkar, 3) Sheikh Rafe. 74 kg group: 1) Jitendra Bendekar. 2) Amar Devar, 3) Prasanna Kaskhedikar. 83 kg group: 1) Rajesh Gaur. 2) Umesh Bansod, 3) Chandrasekhar Uke. 93 kg group: 1) Shobit Jain, 2) Deepesh Negorle, 3) Devendrasingh Rathod. 93 kg group: 1) Dharmendra Vishwakarma, 2) Alok Sahare. (Women’s Group) – 57 kg Group: Kanchan Wankhede (30 kg). 63 kg: Tasbina Qazi (25 kg). 72 kg: Archana Nadar (52.5 kg). Over 72 kg: Mohanlal Sothar (35 kg).

Dead Lift ( Men’s Group) 59 kg: 1) Asjad Khan, 2) Nikhil Pirwane, 3) Aniket Janbandhu. 66 kg: 1) Suraj Kandalkar, 2) Akshay Baraskar, 3) Mohammad Sahil Sheikh. 74 kg: 1) Jerome Arnold, 2) Ankush Botre, 3) Shreyas Uike. 83 kg: 1) Sachin Thackeray, 2) Eugene Smith, Sumit Bodkhe. 93 kg: 1) Sameer Jaiswal, 2) Shobit Jain, 3) Arjun Rangwar. 93 kg