{"id":25257,"date":"2026-07-21T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25257"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:24:00","slug":"t-sovini-th-kunjarani-and-k-ibemhal-clinch-gold-at-powerlifting-nationals-the-sangai-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25257","title":{"rendered":"T Sovini, Th Kunjarani and K Ibemhal clinch gold at Powerlifting Nationals &#8211; The Sangai Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesangaiexpress.com\/Encyc\/2026\/7\/22\/SP__3-Powerlifting_202607220052333401_H@@IGHT_530_W@@IDTH_787.jpg\" alt=\"Powerlifting\" title=\"Powerlifting\"\/><br \/>By Our Staff Reporter<br \/>IMPHAL, Jul 21 : Tensubam Sovini, Thokchom Kunjarani and Kangjam Ibemhal secured gold medals to swell Manipur\u2019s tally at the National Masters Classic and Equipped Powerlifting Championship 2026 to 3 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.<br \/>T Sovini won the gold medal in the Masters-II women\u2019s -69 kg category competition with an accumulative lift of 200 kg. She managed 70 kg in squat, 40 kg in bench press and 90 kg in deadlift to finish on top.<br \/>Thokchom Kunjarani who competed in the Masters-IV women\u2019s -76 kg class emerged on top with an overall 150 kg lift. She registered 60 kg in squad, 30 kg in bench press and 60 kg in deadlift.<br \/>Kangjam Ibemhal meanwhile secured the Masters-IV women\u2019s -84 kg category gold by recording a total lift of 140 kg- 50 in squat, 30 in bench press and 60 in deadlift.<br \/>Md Aman Khan, Naoshekpam Bimola and Nena Maimom on the other hand won silver medals for Manipur at the championship.<br \/>Md Aman registered second best lift of 605 kg in Masters-II Men\u2019s -93 kg competition (230 kg in squat, 140 kg in bench press and 235 kg in deadlift) as Naoshekpam Bimola registered 200 kg in Masters-III women\u2019s -84 kg category (70 kg in squat, 40 kg in bench press and 90 kg in deadlift) and Nena Maimom recorded 220 kg- 80 kg in squat, 40 kg in bench press and 100 kg in deadlift, in the Masters-III Women\u2019s +84 kg category competition to seal the silver medals.<br \/>Rajkumar Chandrakumar on the other hand bagged the Masters-IV Men\u2019s -74 kg category bronze medal by posting an overall lift of 200 kg- 70 kg in squat, 40 kg in bench press and 90 kg in deadlift.<br \/>Notably, Kirankumar Kangjam had won a silver medal in the Men\u2019s Masters-III -59 kg category competition with an accumulative lift of 230 kg at the championship while Huidrom Suni settled for a bronze medal in the Women\u2019s Masters-II -52 kg category competition with a total 220 kg finish. <br \/>The championship being underway in Garkheda, Maharashtra will run till July 23.\n\t<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesangaiexpress.com\/Encyc\/2026\/7\/22\/by-our-staff-reporter-imphal-jul-21-tensubam-sovini-thokchom-kunjarani-and-kangjam-ibemhal-secured-gold-medals.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jul 21 : Tensubam Sovini, Thokchom Kunjarani and Kangjam Ibemhal secured gold medals to swell Manipur\u2019s tally at the National Masters Classic and Equipped Powerlifting Championship 2026 to 3 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.T Sovini won the gold medal in the Masters-II women\u2019s -69 kg category competition with an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-powerlifting-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>T Sovini, Th Kunjarani and K Ibemhal clinch gold at Powerlifting Nationals - The Sangai Express - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25257\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"T Sovini, Th Kunjarani and K Ibemhal clinch gold at Powerlifting Nationals - The Sangai Express - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jul 21 : Tensubam Sovini, Thokchom Kunjarani and Kangjam Ibemhal secured gold medals to swell Manipur\u2019s tally at the National Masters Classic and Equipped Powerlifting Championship 2026 to 3 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.T Sovini won the gold medal in the Masters-II women\u2019s -69 kg category competition with an [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25257\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-21T19:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thesangaiexpress.com\/Encyc\/2026\/7\/22\/SP__3-Powerlifting_202607220052333401_H@@IGHT_530_W@@IDTH_787.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=25257#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=25257\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"World Bodybuilding News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d84bf475351cac13351c44d62b00dcd2\"},\"headline\":\"T Sovini, Th Kunjarani and K Ibemhal clinch gold at Powerlifting Nationals &#8211; 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