The five day 62nd All India Police Wrestling Cluster Championship (AIPWCC) 2013 began on Monday at Mega Sports Complex, Hotwar wherein two event finals out of the five events were held. This involved Weightlifting and Wrestling for men and women cadre.
Weightlifting competitions for both the groups were held in the first half of the day. Manipur Police’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) NG Sonia Chanu bagged the gold medal in 48 kgs weightlifting with 68 snatches and 89 jerks. In the 53 kgs Women weightlifting Punjab Police constable Amandeep Kaur grabbed the first place with 72 snatches and 89 jerks. Sukhwinder Singh and Rustam Sharang from Border
Security Force (BSF) and Chhattisgarh Police bagged gold medals in 56 and 62 kgs weightlifting for men. 152 kg New National Record in clean jerk was made by Rustam. Previous Record was in the name of Yakor Sitri (151 kg) of Arunachal Pradesh.
Constable Sandeep of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), BSF Constable Anil Kumar, BSF Constable laxmi Narayan, and CRPF DSP Satish Kumar bagged gold medals for various wrestling events in the men’s category.
In the women’s category for the same event, Haryana Police’s Head Constable Pusham and Constable Anita led the medal tally. The programme was unveiled here by Additional Deputy Director of Police (ADGP) Kamal Nath Chaubey. While the felicitation to the gold, silver and bronze medallists were done by State Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Geetashree Oraon, DGP Rajiv Kumar and ADGP (Headquarter) BB Pradhan.
The heat rounds for boxing were also held today. On Tuesday Padmashree awardee 2013 wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and boxer Aruna Mishra will participate in their respective events. Judo events are also scheduled on Tuesday.