Team News Riveting
Rourkela, May 19
Vijay Kumar Raul, General Manager (FMM) and Santosh Kumar Bhuyan, General Manager (T&RM) have brought laurels for the company as well as for the state of Odisha by winning medals in the 47th National Power Lifting Championship held at Dalli Rajhara, Chhattisgarh from May 11 to May 16, 2022.
Raul won the Gold Medal under 120 plus Kg – Master – II category while Bhuyan won the Bronze Medal in 83 Kg – Master – II category. Around 900 participants from across the country took part in this mega event in different categories.
Raul and Bhuyan qualified for representing Odisha in the Nationals by winning the State level championship held at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha in mid-April.
It is worth mentioning here the Raul entered the arena of power lifting in the year 2017. He undertook systematic training and won the first bronze in 2018 in 120 Kg category at the State level Championship. Subsequently in 2021 he went ahead to win 2 gold medals at the State level in the 120 plus category.
Bhuyan on the other hand had started Power Lifting as a fitness regime in 1996. He started participating in the State level competitions since 2004-05. In 2016 he won the gold medal for the first time in the National Level Championship. Prior to this he had made his presence felt at the state level in 2013 when he won his first Silver medal.
Raul and Bhuyan were felicitated by B K Raut, General Manager In-charge (PH&SW) at a function organized at Ispat Hockey Stadium, Sector – 6 on 18th May 2022. The function was coordinated by Raghu Nandan Padhee, Assistant Manager (Sports).
