UP, Tamil Nadu, CISF athletes shine at All India Police Weightlifting championship

Athletes from Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, CISF, Assam and Rajasthan delivered impressive performances on the second day of the Third All India Police Weightlifting Cluster 2026-27 being organised at the Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban. Competitions in weightlifting, powerlifting and yoga were conducted on Sunday with enthusiastic participation from police teams across the country.

In the women’s 52 kg category, Rajni of the Uttar Pradesh Police clinched gold medal, while Anupama Swain from the Odisha Police secured silver and Kusum Lata of the Madhya Pradesh (MP) Police got the bronze medal. In the women’s 57 kg category, N Pumagal of the Tamil Nadu Police claimed gold, Sarla of the Uttar Pradesh Police bagged silver and Khushboo of Madhya Pradesh Police won the bronze.

In the women’s 58 kg weightlifting category, Abhirami of the CISF secured the gold medal, while Shalu of Uttar Pradesh Police and Shagun of the BSF won silver and bronze respectively. In the men’s 74 kg bench press and deadlift, Katar Singh of the UP Police secured the gold medal, followed by Bichitra Nayak of Odisha Police with silver and Jagdish Nahak of the CISF with bronze.

In yoga competitions, Asha Nitharwal of the Rajasthan Police secured first position in the women’s senior category to qualify for the finals, while Rajesh Kumar of the ITBP topped the men’s senior category and also advanced to the finals.

In the men’s 66 kg weightlifting category, Avijit Saha of the West Bengal Police won gold, P Vinayak Rao of the Telangana Police secured silver and G Ganesh Babu of the Tamil Nadu Police claimed bronze. Similarly, in the men’s 74 kg category, Dibakar Pegu of the Assam Police won gold, K Janarthanam of the Telangana Police took silver and Mahendrakar Rohit of the Tamil Nadu Police secured the bronze medal.

Senior police officials encouraged players during the events, while a large number of spectators also cheered the athletes.