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Harpreet Singh hogs the limelight

KARNAL: Harpreet Singh of Punjab Police won the men’s 85kg title in the weightlifting competition of the all-India Police Games at Madhuban on Friday.

The results: Boxing: Semifinals: 48kg: Jitender (BSF) bt Raj Kumar (J & K), Nasir Qureshi (U.P.) bt Amar Deep Singh (Pun); 51kg: Rajnesh (Har) bt Abhishek Shah (U.P.), N.A. Singh (BSF) bt S.B. Thapa (Assam Rifles); 54kg: Suresh Singh (CISF) bt N. Bikram (BSF), Jaivir (Har) bt S. Chinna (AP); 57kg: Sunil (BSF) bt Manoj Kumar (HP), Kapil (Har) bt Arjun Singh (SSB); 60kg: Pardip (BSF) bt G.S. Suresh (CISF), Rajender (Har) bt Amandeep (Pun); 64kg: Ajay (Har) bt Bansi Sharma (U.P.), Amit Kumar (BSF) bt R.K. Kennedy (SSB); 69kg: Jagat Singh (Utk) bt Ajit Singh (Raj), Tanej Pal (Har) bt Ranjit Singh (Pun); 75kg: Atul Sharma (HP) bt Vijay Kumar (U.P.), Surender Singh (Har) bt Amit Kumar (BSF); 81kg: Ravinder (Har) bt Ajay Singh (CRPF), Ajay Kumar (BSF) bt Heera Singh (ITBP); 91kg: Krishan (Har) bt Jaswinder Singh (Pun), Shishan Karapa (BSF) bt Sanjeev Kumar (HP); over-91kg: Sunny Bodh (HP) bt Ravinder Bhushan (J & K).

Weightlifting: Men: 85kg: 1. Harpreet Singh (Pun) snatch 132kg, clean and jerk 165kg, total 297kg; 2. Surjit Singh (Pun) 138kg, 159kg, 297kg; 3. Hara Gopal (CRPF) 126kg, 160kg, 286kg. Women: 75kg: 1. A. Vijaya Devi (CRPF) 82kg, 112kg, 194kg; 2. Ruchi Rani (U.P.) 61kg, 78kg, 139kg; 3. K. Krishna Kumari (CISF) 61kg, 77kg, 138kg; Over-75kg: 1. Geeta Rani (CRPF) 102kg, 135kg, 237kg; 2. Sumati Devi (CRPF) 75kg, 106kg, 181kg; 3. K. Narasamma (CISF) 80kg, 100kg, 180kg.

Wrestling: 66kg: Semifinals: Kasim Din (J & K) bt Manjeet Singh (ITBP); Krishan Kumar (BSF) bt Satpal Yadav (CISF). Quarterfinals: Kasim bt Sandeep (Har), Manjeet bt Suresh Verma (MP), Krishan bt Rajesh Kumar (Har), Satpal bt Narinder (U.P.); 84kg: Semifinals: Ravinder Kumar (CRPF) bt B. Amin (J & K); Jaiveer Singh (Har) bt Jaspal (Har). Quarterfinals: Amin bt L.B. Yadav (Bih), Ravinder bt Narinder Kumar (CRPF), Jaiveer bt Ashok Yadav (MP), Jaspal bt Brahm Jeet (BSF).