NAGPUR, JUNE 27: Prakash Garje and Dipti Waikar, both from Greater Bombay, were adjudged `strong man' and `strong woman' respectively in the Senior State Powerlifting Championship. Mahendra Kadam in the men's dead weight 100 kg category; Udesh Shinde squat and bench press in the 110 kg class and Sandesh shetty in dead weight of 125 kg category, set a new records.RESULTS
Men's (67.5 kg): 1. Ashok Kadam (Mum Sub; 590 kg), 2. Ajit Ambre (Bom; 535 kg), 3. Govind Sawant (Thane; 475 kg); 75 kg: 1. Ajay Gawande (Mum Sub; 597.5 kg), 2. Sribas Goswami (Thane; 565 kg), 3. Venkatesh Raj (Nagpur; 505); 82.5 kg: 1. Naresh Bhonsale (Mum Sub; 610 kg), 2. Saldal Sonde (Bom; 575), 3. Tukaram Khot (Mum Sub; 575); 90 kg: 1. Suryakant Garde (Bom; 380 kg), 2. Syed Zakir Ali (Nagpur; 505); 100 kg: 1. Bhaskar Gohekar (Mum Sub; 637.5 kg), 2. Mahendra Kadam (Bom; 610 kg), 3. Shivaji Tarde (Pune; 540); 110 kg: 1. Udesh Shinde (Mum Sub; 677.5 kg), 2. Ravindra Chavan (Thane; 380 kg); 125 kg: 1. Sandesh Shetty (Mum Sub; 690kg), 2. Kiran Prabhu (Thane; 457.5 kg); Above 125 kg: Ambar Joshi (Mum Sub; 620).
Women's (44 kg): 1. Surika Naik (Mum Sub; 202.5 kg), 2. Gauri Pande (Pune; 170 kg), 3. Sudnya Kulkarni (Pune; 157.5 kg); 48 kg: 1. Vidya Karve (Pune; 230 kg), 2. Smnita Lonkar (Pune; 197.5 kg), 3. Anamika Kadam (Thane; 165 kg); 52 kg: 1. Vijaya Korgaonkar (Bom; 327.5 kg), 2. Veena Gurao (Mum Sub; 245 kg), 3. Smita Hamde (Pune; 215 kg).
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