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Sathish, Kh Sanjita to lead Indian lifters at Olympic qualification
Source: The Sangai Express / PTI
New Delhi, April 19 2016:
Commonwealth Games
champions Sathish Kumar
Sivalingam and Khumukcham
Sanjita Chanu will spearhead
the challenge of a 16-member
Indian team at the Senior Asian
Weightlifting Championship,
which will serve as the
qualification event for the
Olympics, at Tashkent,
Uzbekistan from April 21 to
30 .
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Sathish (Men's 77kg) and Sanjita (Women's 48kg) had won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, while Sukhen Dey (Men's 56kg), who had also bagged the top position at Glasgow, failed to make it to the team for the Asian Championship.
Men's team comprises nine lifters, which also in- cludes Commonwealth Games silver medallist Vikas Thakur (85kg). Women's team, consisting of seven members, will have Glasgow silver and bronze medallists - Mirabai Chanu (48kg) and Punam Yadav (63kg), respectively - be- sides Sanjita Chanu, in action.
A 10-member support staff will accompany the 16 lifters during the crucial tournament.
Squads: .
Women Kh Sanjita Chanu (48kg),
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (48kg),
Sagolsem Thasana Chanu (58kg),
Punam Yadav (63kg),
Rakhi Halder (69kg),
Kavita Devi (75kg),
Sushila Panwar (+75kg)
Men
Dipak Ramesh Mahajan (56kg),
Gopal Anbarasu (62kg),
Sambo Lapung (69kg),
Sathish Kumar Sivalingam (77kg),
Vikas Thakur (85kg),
Ragala Venkat Rahul (94kg),
Pardeep Singh (105kg),
Gurdeep Singh (+105kg),
Jaspreet Singh (+105kg)
National coach Vijay Sharma, Chief coach
(women): N Kunjarani Devi .
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