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Manjunathan adjudged best

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THANJAVUR: G. Manjunathan of Tiruvannamalai and R. Kavitha of Vellore were adjudged best lifters in the men's and women's section respectively at the Senior State weightlifting championship here on Sunday.

The results: Men: 56kg: 1. M. Tamilselvan (Villupuram) 226 (105, 121), 2. K. Gnanasekaran (Tiruvannamalai) 219 (98, 121), 3. E. Selvam (Tiruvannamalai) 216 (93, 123); 62kg: 1. G. Manjunathan (Tiruvannamalai) 251 (111, 140), 2. M. Muthukumar (Tuticorin) 249 (113, 136), 3. V. Jothi Basu (Tiruvannamalai) 247 (107, 140); 69kg: 1. S. Lenin (Vellore) 272 (117,155), 2. V. Darwin (Vellore) 271 (116, 155), 3. S. Arul Doss (Tiruvannamalai) 270 (115, 155); 77kg: 1. D. Baskar (Chennai) 261 (116,145), 2. G. Asokan (Chennai) 258 (116,142), 3. S. Srinivasan (Villupuram) 257 (115,142); 85kg: 1. M. Sheik (Tirunelveli) 273 (123,150), 2. K. Ganesh (ICF) 263 (123,140), 3. D. Delhi Ganesh (Villupuram) 263 (123,140); 94kg: 1. K. Shamraj (Chennai) 285 (118, 167), 2. S. Ganesan (Vellore) 285 (125,160), 3. D. Paramananthan (Villupuram) 266 (119, 147); 105kg: 1. R. Mohan Kumar (Chennai) 259 (117, 142), 2. A. Senthil Arasu (Virudhunagar) 216 (95, 121), 3. S. Bala Ganesh (Madurai) 208 (93, 115).

Team champion: Chennai (172 points). Women: 47kg: 1. K. Sudha (Vellore) 104 (47, 57), 2. M. Sangeetha (Vellore) 87 (40, 47), 3. Lakshmi Priya (Kanyakumari) 83 (38, 45); 55kg: 1. D. Sivasankari (Vellore) 125 (55, 70), 2. A. Gowri (Vellore) 111 (50, 61), 3. M. Sasikala (Tiruchi) 93 (39, 54); 58kg: 1. P. Lakshmi Praba (Chennai) 129 (58, 71), 2. S. Maheswari (Vellore) 110 (50, 60), 3. C. Dhanalakshmi (Tiruchi) 93 (38, 55); 63kg: 1. P. Kulasekara Mandira Selvi (Tirunelveli) 125 (60, 65), 2. A. Krishnaveni (Chennai) 102 (48, 54), 3. J. Jayalakshmi (Villupuram) 95 (41, 54); 69kg: 1. R. Kavitha (Vellore) 165 (75, 90), 2. G. Uthrani (Chennai) 95 (42, 53), 3. N. Sugasini (Chennai) 95 (42, 53); 75kg: A. Jansi Rani (Tiruchi) 110 (47, 63); above 75kg: 1. K. Yogapriya (Karur) 118 (52, 66), 2. G. Vennila (Tiruchi) 95 (45, 50). Team champion: Vellore (159 points).