Bhubaneswar: Sports Hostel Bhubaneswar emerged champions in the All-Odisha Inter-Club Weightlifting Championship which concluded on Friday at the Biju Patnaik HPC Weightlifting Hall in Kalinga Sports Complex.
Sports Hostel bagged 12 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze for a total of 21 medals.
Ganjam’s Beer Hanuman Club and Shankar Physical Club finished 1st and 2nd runner-up, respectively.
Beer Hanuman Club took home 22 medals, one more than Sports Hostel, but the former lagged on the gold count (8 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze).
Physical Club won 20 medals comprising 4 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze.
Sports & Youth Services Secretary Vineel Krishna presented the trophy to the winning teams at the closing ceremony.
Director of Sports Siddhartha Das and officials of the Sports department were present at the closing ceremony along with representatives of High Performance Centres.
Over 200 talented weightlifters from 10 districts and 20 weightlifting clubs from across Odisha competed in the state-level tournament.
