Power Lifters bring laurels to city

Power Lifter N. Eshwar has brought laurels to Mysuru by winning medals at the Asian Power Lifting Championship held at Alappuza in Kerala between Dec. 4 and Dec. 9, 2017. He has bagged a silver medal in Master 1 category by lifting 120 kgs in squat, 80 kgs in bench press and 150 kgs in dead lift categories – in all, he has lifted 350 kgs. This apart, he has also bagged a silver medal by lifting 390 kgs – 140 kgs in squat, 90 kgs in bench press and 160 kgs in dead lift categories at  the Power Lifting Championships held at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu between Jan. 7, 2018 and Jan. 12. The event was organised by Power Lifting India. In the Power Lifting Championship organised in Bengaluru from Feb. 9 to Feb. 10 by Mangaluru-based Karnataka Power Lifting Association, Eshwar has bagged silver in 59 kgs category by lifting 85 kgs and thereby bagging the medal in “Karnataka State Master 1 Bench Press” category. K. Manjunath of Mysuru has bagged a silver medal in “Karnataka State Master 1 Bench Press” category and has lifted 95 kgs in 66 kgs category at the same event. At the same event, D. Vasudeva of Mysuru District Power Lifting Association bagged a gold medal in “Karnataka State Master 4 Bench Press” category and has lifted 65 kgs in 83 kgs category.