The Madhya Pradesh State Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship that was held for the first time at the Martial Arts Hall at TT Nagar Stadium, concluded on Saturday.
The Chief Guest of the event was Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen awarded medals to medal-winning players. Players of Indore and Sehore in girls category won the title of team championship in the youth and junior category of the competition.
Ashutosh Sharma of Indore in the Youth Boys category and Piyush Singh of Bhopal in Junior Boys category and Tanisha Sharma of Sehore in Girls category were awarded the Best Lifters Award.
Today the competition was played in different categories of boys and girls. Athletics Academy player Sameerdeep Singh earned a gold medal in the junior boys (109 ) category by lifting 215 kg. Fardeen of Ujjain, 215 and Ehtesham Qureshi of Chhindwara lifted 110 kg and finished second and third respectively.
Weightlifting sports promoted in the state Addressing the concluding program, Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen said that keeping in view the better prospects in the weightlifting sport in the state, every effort is being made by the Madhya Pradesh government to promote this sport.
He said that under the guidance of Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari, Madhya Pradesh is moving fast in the field of sports. The sports director expressed happiness that the girl player is participating with enthusiasm in the field of weightlifting.
He informed that in addition to Indore, Sehore, Morena, Chhindwara district, weightlifting equipment will be provided soon in Nagda and Bilkisganj. The Sports Director assured the officials of the weightlifting association that if the Madhya Pradesh hosts the national weightlifting competition, the Sports and Youth Welfare Department will cooperate in organizing the event. He congratulated and congratulated all the players.
On this occasion, Joint Director Vinod Pradhan and B.S. Yadav and other officials including international player V.S. Rao, Sharad Nagar Abrashwar Paramjit Singh, judge Vimal Prajapat, Bhopal Gym's founder Razi Ali Baig and Weightlifting Association officials and a large number of players were present.