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Pradip Kumar Patra lived up to his reputation as an international medallist of Orissa, by winning four gold medals in the 60kg weight class of the Junior National Powerlifting Championship at Guwahati in Assam today.
The Bhubaneswar youth lifted 210kg in squat, 115kg in benchpress and 240kg in deadlift for a total of 565kg. Chilling cold prevented Patra, a trainee of Utkal Karate School from bettering his own record even though the pint-sized lifter beat other competitorts in all the four categories. Patra’s statemate Bagaru Ratai secured a silver in 56kg class, lifting 220kg in deadlift.
