Published By : Lelin Mallick | December 11, 2021 9:42 PM
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Bhubaneswar, Dec 11: The State Weightlifting Championship 2021-22 was inaugurated today at the Biju Patnaik Weightlifting Hall at Kalinga Stadium. Shailendra Kumar Jena, Joint Secretary, Department of Sports and Youth Services, inaugurated the championship. The inaugural function was attended by Chitta Ranjan Swain, President, Odisha Weightlifting Association, Narayan Sahu, Secretary and Rajendra Prasad Pani, Under Secretary, Department of Sports and Youth Services. As many as 160 weightlifters including cadets of Weightlifting High-Performance Centre of Kalinga Stadium and 40 technical officers from different districts of the state will participate in the event. The successful weightlifters from this competition will earn eligibility for their participation in the upcoming national weightlifting championship, which is scheduled to be hosted at KIIT University in January 2022 jointly by the Indian Weightlifting Federation, Odisha Weightlifting Association, KIIT University and the government of Odisha
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