Ch Rishikanta clinches gold at Sr Weightlifting Nationals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 22 2019:
Ch Rishikanta Singh clinched a gold medal today at the 71st Men and 34th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championships 2018-19 which is underway in Vishakhapatnam since February 21 .
Rishikanta who is an athlete of SAI Centre of Excellence became the first male athlete from Manipur to win a gold in the 55 kg senior men's competition with a total lift of 239 kg (105 kg in Snatch and 134 kg in Clean and Jerk) .
Rishikanta was a student of National Sports Academy before he joined Centre of Excellence under the supervision of A Ranjan Singh, Senior Weight Lifting Coach at SAI-SAG, Khuman Lampak Imphal.
Manipur Weightlifting Association in its press release not only extended hearty congratulations to Rishikanta Singh but also wished him a very bright future.
Meanwhile, Manipur's S Bidyaswori Devi (49 kg) won a bronze in the National senior championship and a silver in the Inter-State after she managed 72 kg in snatch and 100 kg in clean and jerk.