Six Madurai girls bag medals in weightlifting tournament
The Hindu
Their team represented Tamil Nadu in Indo-Nepal Championship
For P. Kanchana, the sports teacher at Sarada Vidyalaya (SV), 18 years of labour has brought sweet success. For the first time, six of her students have returned with a haul of medals and overall champions trophy in an international weightlifting tournament.
The Madurai team represented Tamil Nadu among 13 other States from India that participated in the Indo-Nepal Championship-2021 held in September. “This was the first time the girls travelled outside the country and returned with five gold and two silver medals in different weight categories and the best team trophy,” an elated Kanchana told The Hindu. She too bagged the Master's gold medal in the +87kg category.
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