Vijayapura lad wins silver medal at Commonwealth powerlifting championship in Canada

Sachin Salunke, a power lifter from Tiganibidari village in Vijayapura district of Karnataka, won a silver medal at the Commonwealth championships held in Canada recently.

He competed in the 105 kg men’s category. He performed 310 kg squats, 180 kg bench press, and 270 kg dead lift.

Saluke has been a sportsman for over a decade, and has been practising power lifting for nearly five years now.

Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries M.B. Patil has congratulated the sportsman.