Mangalore girls to represent India in Asian power lifting championship

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, April 9, 2012 : Amitha and Deepa of Shri Gokarnanatheshwara College in Mangalore will represent the country in the Under 17 Asian Power Lifting Championships 2012 held in Udaipur from May 1. They were selected at the trials held in Himachal Pradesh in March and are scheduled to attend a training camp later this month.

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Amitha is the first and only person from her village Kudumbur near Baikampady to represent the country in an international championship. A student of arts, Amitha is training in the 52-kg weight category.

Deepa, a B.Com. student, said that she was encouraged by her coaches in college. She has also won a wrestling match in Mysore, but says she is more comfortable with power lifting. She won the first prize in the 47kg category of the national power lifting championship in Himachal Pradesh, organized from March 25 to April 2 by the Indian Power Lifting Federation.

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