K. Govindaraj of Railways set three records in the men’s 83 kg class of the senior National powerlifting championship here on Thursday.
P. Suresh, also of Railways, established three new marks in the men’s 59 kg category.
The results: Men: 59 kg: 1. P. Suresh (Rly) (280 squat-NMR, OR: 265; 177.5 bench-press-NMR, OR: 175; 220, 677.5-NMR; OR: 657.5), 2. Midhun Joseph (Ker) (245, 140, 250, 635), 3. V.V. Pramod (Ker) (235, 122.5, 240, 597.5). 66 kg: 1. R. Murugan (Rly (277.5, 175, 270, 722.5), 2. S. Vimal Raj (BSNL) (272.5, 157.5, 255, 685), 3. V.J. Gajanan (Mah) (257.5, 172.5, 240, 670). 74 kg: 1. Jupinder Singh (Rly) (302.5, 172.5, 302.5, 777.5), 2. R. Mahesh (Rly) (310, 150, 305, 765), 3. Parwinder Singh (Mah) (302.5, 190, 260, 752.5). 83 kg: 1. K. Govindaraj (Rly) (335-NMR, OR: 325; 197.5, 312.5-NMR, OR: 290; 845-NMR, OR: 805), 2. Gurwinder Singh (Rly) (330, 217.5-NMR, OR: 210; 295, 842.5), 3. Amit Kumar (IPF) (335, 197.5, 280, 812.5).