Medallists with the Vellore District Collector B Kumaravel Pandian 
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Vellore weightlifters bag 3 golds at national meet

Athletes of the special grade Vellore district weightlifting training centre at Sathuvachari bagged three golds, a silver and a bronze in the recently concluded national meet at Patiala in Punjab.

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The gold medals were clinched by N Jamaludeen (men’s 89kg category), Y Poorna (women’s 76kg category) and B Harish (men’s 96kg category) while silver was won by D Madhavan (men’s 61kg category). The bronze medal was bagged by R Rithika (women’s 49kg category). The meet took place between August 9 and 12. 

The winners were felicitated by Vellore District Collector B Kumaravel Pandian at his office here on Wednesday. The medal winners were accompanied by weightlifting centre manager GR Noelin John, Arjuna awardee N Satishkumar, trainers L Vinayagamurthy and R Kavitha, and Vellore District Weightlifting Association secretary N Sivalingam and president N Thirumurugan.

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