{"id":26537,"date":"2026-08-11T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=26537"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:51:00","slug":"kanpurs-weight-lifters-emerge-runner-up-in-overall-powerlifting-championship-kanpur-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=26537","title":{"rendered":"Kanpur\u2019s weight lifters emerge runner up in overall powerlifting championship | Kanpur News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-47529300,imgsize-110164,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/47529300.jpg\" alt=\"Kanpur\u2019s weight lifters emerge runner up in overall powerlifting championship\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Times News Network<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Kanpur: Men lifters of the city emerged as runner up in the overall championship of state-level powerlifting championship which concluded recently in Bareilly on August 10. <!-- -->Women lifters too performed well and captured third place.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Besides, the lifters won 13 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals in the meet. Individual awards further enhanced the achievements of the players from Kanpur. In the sub-junior category, Shivani Verma was honoured with the \u2018Strong Woman\u2019 award, while in the junior category, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manish\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Manish<\/a> received the \u2018Strong Man\u2019 award and Urvashi Chandra was presented with the prestigious \u2018Best Lifter\u2019 award.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>On this magnificent success, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rahul-shukla\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rahul Shukla<\/a>, secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Powerlifting Association along with Rajesh Dixit, Manish Mishra, Anil Kushwaha, coach Saurabh Kumar, and other office-bearers and members of the association, congratulated the players and wished them a bright future.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The medal winners are (Gold)-Anand Kumar, Alok Chaurasia, Rakesh Sharma, Vaibhav Pratap Singh, Tarun Verma, Shiva Singh, Manish, Virat Bajpai, Anmol Pandey, Supriya, Urvashi Chandra, Shivani Verma, and Prachi Thakur.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Silver-Prince Kumar Gupta, Ayush, Gaurav, Vivek Singh Rathore, Ramji Rajput, Krishna Sharma, and Himanshu Nigam.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Bronze-Ashwani Kumar Tripathi and Aryan.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kanpur\/kanpurs-weight-lifters-emerge-runner-up-in-overall-powerlifting-championship\/articleshow\/133162343.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Times News NetworkKanpur: Men lifters of the city emerged as runner up in the overall championship of state-level powerlifting championship which concluded recently in Bareilly on August 10. Women lifters too performed well and captured third place.Besides, the lifters won 13 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals in the meet. 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