Mul athletes dominate weightlifting, 11 named to Nagpur divisional meet
Eleven weightlifters from Mul taluka topped their weight categories at a district-level school meet in Chandrapur and will now represent the district at Nagpur.
Athletes from Mul taluka dominated the district-level school weightlifting competition held in Chandrapur on Sunday, September 20. The event was organised by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Services, Maharashtra State (Pune). Eleven athletes from Mul taluka finished first in their respective weight categories and won gold medals. All of them will now represent Chandrapur district at the upcoming Nagpur divisional school sports competition.
The winning athletes, who train under NIS coach Karan Suresh Kosare at the Mul sports complex, are students of Navbharat Vidyalaya, Karmaveer Mahavidyalaya and Mount Convent School. In the under-17 girls category, Trisha Ghongde won the 44 kg weight class, Ishani Mohurle the 48 kg class, and Pranali Jharkar the above-77 kg class. Among under-17 boys, Gurvindersingh Bawri won the 56 kg class, Anish Raut the 60 kg class, and Sanskar Nareddiwar the 79 kg class.
Mul athletes also topped the under-19 girls category. Jasvinder Bawri won the 48 kg class, Shravani Ambulkar the 53 kg class, Shivangi Wadhai the 58 kg class, and Nandini Chaudhary the above-86 kg class. Among under-19 boys, Aman Shaikh finished ahead of his rivals to win the 65 kg class.
The Mul sports complex has been providing free weightlifting training to athletes for the past four years, and it is this sustained practice that has helped Mul retain its top position in the district's sports once again.
District sports officer Vinod Thikre, taluka sports coordinator Namdeo Pijurkar, Rupchand Urade, Akash Chaudhary and Swapnil Awaghade congratulated all the winning athletes and coach Karan Kosare on this achievement, and wished them well for the Nagpur divisional competition.
