Mangalore: Commonwealth Powerlifting Champions Arrive in City
 
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje 
Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RS/SB)  

Mangalore, Dec 16: The nine participants of 2009 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships held last week in Pune, arrived in city and were honoured by the members of Balanjaneya Gymnasium and sports supporters on Wednesday December 16.
 
The participants under the leadership of powerlifter Sathish Kumar Kudroli took a victory march from Mangalore Central Railway Station to Balanjaneya Gymnasium.
 

Sathish Kumar said that participants from two countries were part of the 2009 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships among which nine participants were from the district. The participants from the district won in most of the events bringing laurels to the state, he added.
 
The participants, Sathish Kumar Kudroli (Excise department), Mohanraj, Laxman, Sachindra, Suresh, Hemachandra Babbukatte, Dinakar Ullal, Nayana Sriyan and Shobha (police Department) were honoured on their arrival at railway station in the city.
 
N M Hussain, deputy commissioner of the Excise department honoured the participants by garlanding them. Besides their celebration, sports critics informed that the power lifting is not recognized in Common Wealth Games that is represented by sportspersons from over 70 countries.