Three day state level inter college weight lifting, power lifting and best physique tournaments began at Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) Landran campus here today. Around 100-plus participants from more than fifteen colleges across the state are competing in these tournaments. CGC has been hosting these championships for the past 11 years.In the weightlifting competitions on day one, Ayush Ranjan of CGC Landran won the first prize in 55 kg category, Gaurav Chamyal of CGC Landran in 61 kg category, Naval Kishore of Host College won the first prize in 67 kg category while Gurkirat Singh from CGC Jhanjeri won the first prize in 73 Kg category. In the 81 kg and 89 kg categories, Krishabh from CGC Landran and Charanjit Singh of RIET Phagwara won the first prize, respectively.
Akshay and Jaspreet Singh of CGC Landran won the first prize in 96 Kg and 109 Kg categories respectively. In the 109+ category Jasjeet Singh from CT Jalandhar captured the first prize. Day two and day three will see participants competing in powerlifting and best physique tournaments.Dignitaries present on the occasion included Mr HS Bansal, Vice President, Chandigarh Weightlifting Association and Mr KDS Nagra, President Chandigarh Powerlifting Association among others.Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman, CGC Landran and Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President, CGC Landran extended a warm welcome to all the students and faculty of participating colleges and wished them the very best. They stressed upon the critical role that sports played in promoting a disciplined and fit lifestyle adding that participation in any sport was more important than winning or losing.