{"id":31909,"date":"2026-10-17T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=31909"},"modified":"2026-10-17T18:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:49:00","slug":"jaipur-district-powerlifting-association-to-hold-rajasthan-state-bench-press-championship-on-oct-24-400-players-from-25-dists-to-show-their-strength-jaipur-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=31909","title":{"rendered":"Jaipur District Powerlifting Association to hold Rajasthan State Bench Press Championship on Oct 24 &#038; 25; 400 players from 25 dists to show their strength | Jaipur News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\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-135019540,imgsize-208889,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/powerliftingjpg.jpg\" alt=\"Jaipur District Powerlifting Association to hold Rajasthan State Bench Press Championship on Oct 24 &amp; 25; 400 players from 25 dists to show their strength\" title=\"The Jaipur District Powerlifting Association secretary Ashwani Khandelwal (centre), president Satyendra Singh Rathore (left) and treasurer Pawan Kumawat (right) address a news conference in Jaipur on Saturday\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The Jaipur District Powerlifting Association secretary Ashwani Khandelwal (centre), president Satyendra Singh Rathore (left) and treasurer Pawan Kumawat (right) address a news conference in Jaipur on Saturday\">The Jaipur District Powerlifting Association secretary Ashwani Khandelwal (centre), president Satyendra Singh Rathore (left) and treasurer Pawan Kumawat (right) address a news conference in Jaipur on Saturday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jaipur: The 31st Rajasthan State Equipped Bench Press Championship, organised by the Jaipur District Powerlifting Association, will be held on Oct 24 and 25 here at the Railway Institute Hall in Ganpati Nagar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The two-day annual tournament is being held in Jaipur after a long gap of 24 years, where the powerlifters of Rajasthan will get a chance to show their strength.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, the Jaipur District Powerlifting Association secretary Ashwani Khandelwal said that around 400 men and women players from 25 districts of the state will participate in the competition. Association president Satyendra Singh Rathore and treasurer Pawan Kumawat were also present on the occasion.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"powerlifting-2.jpg\" msid=\"135019541\" imgsize=\"2054127\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"The 31st Rajasthan State Equipped Bench Press Championship, organised by the Jaipur District Powerlifting Association, will be held on Oct 24 and 25 at the Railway Institute Hall in Ganpati Nagar, Jaipur\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-2054127,msid-135019541\/powerlifting-2-jpg.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 31st Rajasthan State Equipped Bench Press Championship, organised by the Jaipur District Powerlifting Association, will be held on Oct 24 and 25 at the Railway Institute Hall in Ganpati Nagar, Jaipur<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Pawan stated that players in the sub-junior, junior, senior, and masters categories will showcase their strength in the competition. There will be 9 weight categories each in the sub-junior and junior categories, and 8 weight categories each in the senior and masters categories. The team that wins the most medals in the competition will win the team championship. Furthermore, the best-performing female and male players in each category will be awarded the titles of \u2018Strong Woman\u2019 and \u2018Strong Man\u2019.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The Jaipur District Power Lifting Association joint secretary Neetu Chouhan, DSP, said that 40 players from the host Jaipur district will participate in the competition, including several international-level players including Poonam Prajapat and Diya Kanwar Shekhawat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/jaipur\/jaipur-district-powerlifting-association-to-hold-rajasthan-state-bench-press-championship-on-oct-24-25-400-players-from-25-dists-to-show-their-strength\/articleshow\/135019542.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jaipur District Powerlifting Association secretary Ashwani Khandelwal (centre), president Satyendra Singh Rathore (left) and treasurer Pawan Kumawat (right) address a news conference in Jaipur on Saturday Jaipur: The 31st Rajasthan State Equipped Bench Press Championship, organised by the Jaipur District Powerlifting Association, will be held on Oct 24 and 25 here at the Railway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368,"featured_media":31910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-powerlifting-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jaipur District Powerlifting Association to hold Rajasthan State Bench Press Championship on Oct 24 &amp; 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