ITANAGAR, Nov 23: Arunachal Pradesh powerlifter Azad Basfore broke his own record to retain the ‘Strongman of India’ title for the third consecutive year at the National Powerlifting Games-2022.
The event, held at Noida in Uttar Pradesh from November 16 to 22 last, saw Azad bench press a total of 162.5 kg (unequipped) to set a new national record under the World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) India.
He had earlier hit 158 kg (unequipped) in the bench press.
Azad, a powerlifting coach by profession, also managed to win a gold medal in the 75 kg bodyweight senior category.
Besides Azad, the Arunachalee powerlifting team also shined at the National Powerlifting Games as they managed to bag a total of 23 medals for the state in various categories of the competition.
The junior category saw Deke Kaha win 4 gold medals, Padi Tayo 3 gold and 1 bronze, Taje Mosu 2 gold and 2 silver, Rige Kaye 1 gold and 2 silver and Kaling Yao win 1 silver medal in the games.
Meta Linggi and Anurag Bharali won a gold and silver medal each in the competition.
The shining star of the event for Arunachal was Donik Rimon who won 1 gold and 1 silver medal in the teen category.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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