Mizoram, Manipur win Overall titles in Eastern India Weightlifting C'ships
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 05 2012:
Mizoram and Manipur won the overall champion's titles for Men's and Women's respectively at the 76th Men's & 20th Women's Eastern India Weightlifting Championships organised by the Manipur Weightlifting Association under the aegis of Eastern India Weightlifting Association, as the championships concluded today at SAG Hall, Khuman Lampak,
Imphal.
Mizoram won Men's Overall title after earning 617 points in total.
They won 11 gold, nine silver and one bronze medals and claimed the title.
Manipur with 596 points claimed the runner up's title.
Manipur won 12 gold and two bronze medals.
Kh Jojo of Manipur was declared Best Lifter.
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Meanwhile, in Women's championships, Manipur with 528 points swept the overall title.
They won seven gold, eight silver and one bronze medals.
Mizoram won the second place with 504 points, They won five gold, six silver and two bronze medals.
While the title for Best Lifter was adjusted to Lalchhanhimi of Mizoram.
In today's events, M Romanta of Manipur won gold in Men's 85 kg category.
Suman Das of West Bengal and Sukanta Das of Tripura won the silver and bronze medals respectively.
In women's 69 kg category, Lalchhanhimi of Mizoram won gold while K Bela of Manipur and A Tumina of Arunachal Pradesh won the silver and bronze medals respectively.
A Thoungamba of Manipur won the gold in Men's 94 kg category.
The silver and brone medals were won by Indrani Chitrakar of West Bengal and T Kabir of Meghalaya respectively.
In Men's 105 kg category, K Lalram Mania of Mizoram won the gold while the silver and brone medals were won by Paritosh Das and Md Dhaiyan of Tripura respectively.
L Ibotomba of Manipur won the gold in Men's 77 kg category.
Rotluanga of Mizoram and Th Jitendra of Arunachal Pradesh won the silver and bronze medals respectively.
In women's 75 kg category, Putul Sharkar of West Bengal won the gold medal while the silver and bronze medals were won by YM Nafisha of Meghalaya and Chitali Bor of West Bengal respectively.
Y Leirentombi of Manipur won the gold medal in women's 75+ kg category while Lalchhandam of Mizoram won the silver.
Special Secretary and also the Director of Youth Affairs and Sports, H Deleep and President of Manipur Weightlifting Association, Ng Rastrapati graced the closing ceremony as Chief Guest and President respectively.
Director, SAI NERC, Imphal Francis Marwein, Project Director of Manipur Development Society, Y Ningthem and Former Secretary General of Indian Weightlifting Federation, Balbir Singh Bhatia also attended the function as Guests of Honour.