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- Gaurav Sahu of Udaipur in Rajashtna won the first Gold Medal for India in the Asian Powerlifting Championship.
- It is underway at Istanbul in Turkey.
- Lorraine More at the age of 66 has won a gold medal for India by lifting 165 kgs in this championship.
- A 48-year-old driver with the Tamil Nadu Forest department, Manimaran from Trichy has bagged an overall gold medal in this championship.
- Raja, a DMK legislative member from Sankarankoil, won a bronze medal in this championship in the 140 kg weight category.
- He recently won first place nationally in a weightlifting competition.
- Raja is thus eligible to participate in the Commonwealth Games of 2022.
- Powerlifting (bench press only) is a Paralympic sport while weightlifting is an Olympic sport.
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