Kazakhstan grabs team championship

By Our Sports Reporter

NEW DELHI, MAY 6. In a show of absolute strength, Dmitry Fateev of Kazakhstan erased six Asian records in the junior and senior men's 110 kg category and grabbed two overall titles to help his country win the team trophy in the Asian powerlifting championships at the Shah Auditorium here on Sunday.

As Fateev ran away with two titles bettering his own continental records in all the categories of the junior section, his performance inspired two other Kazakh lifters. Dimitoriy Panfilov in 100 kg and Radtk Gayanov in 125 kg class were the other winners in the senior men's category.

Iran emerged the winner in the super-heavyweight category (125 plus kg) as Mehrab Fatemi won the overall gold medal lifting 897.5 kg. His effort also included an Asian record in the dead- lift event as he bettered the old record of 320 by 17.5 kg.

Indian lifters also fared well, nonetheless in the junior section. The hosts won two of the four titles leaving Iran and Kazakhstan with one each in the junior section. Pakistan, Chinese Taipei and India shared one each in the sub-junior event.

As the championship came to an end, Chinese Taipei had the consolation of winning both the strongman and strongwoman of Asia titles in the senior category. Lu Shih Wu and Hsu Hsiao Li were adjudged the most powerful athletes of the championship.

Fateev's dominance was so evident that he left the rest of the field in both the categories way behind. He lifted 357.5 kg in the squat event, 225 in bench-press and 340 in dead- lift to set new Asian junior records. His total of 922.5 was 57.5 kg better than his effort in the World junior championships at Chia Yi.

The powerful lifter even bettered the senior Asian records in the squat and the bench-press events. His nonchalant show of strength gave him the second placing in the strongman category.

In the junior section of the heavy-weight (125 kg) category, India's Rakesh Kumar set a new Asian record in squat and won the overall title. Rakesh Kumar even tried to go for the world record but failed in his third attempt.

Mujtaba Malaki of Iran edged Indian favourite J. S. Cheema by 7.5 kg in the junior super-heavyweight class. Malaki re-wrote the bench-press, the dead-lift and the total record, all of which were in the name of Cheema. The Indian, who lifted a total of 827.5 kg, had the consolation of retaining the squat record as he bettered it by 25 kg.

Even as Kazakhstan upstaged Chinese Taipei for the men's team title, India did well to move up one place.

Kazakhstan tallied 69 points while Chinese Taipei (60) settled for silver. India (58), which had a fourth place finish in the 2000 Uzbekistan championship, was a worthy third.

In both the junior and sub-junior sections, India claimed team titles with 66 points each.

Mr. Susumu Yoshida, vice-president of the International Powerlifting Federation and General Secretary of the Asian body, awarded the 2002 championships to South Korea.

The results:

Men: 100 kg: 1. Dimitoriy Panfilov (Kaz) (squat 320, bench-press 242.5 AR, deadlift 315; total 877.5), 2. Mehdi Fatemi (Irn) (297.5, 205, 315; 817.5), 3. Torres Peteredward (Phi) (307.5, 170, 312.5; 790).

110 kg: 1. Dmitry Fateev (Kaz) (357.5 AR, 225 AR, 340; 922.5), 2. Mohamed Reza (Irn) (295, 207.5, 310, 812.5), 3. Thangarajan (Ind) (330, 190, 290, 810).

125 kg: 1. Radtk Gayanov (Kaz) (335, 235, 290; 860), 2. Nikitin Arkdiy (Kaz) (340, 210, 330; 850), 3. M. Shanavas (Ind) (330, 190, 330; 850).

125 plus kg: 1. Mehrab Fatemi (Irn) (340, 220, 337.5 AR, 897.5), 2. C. C. Hsiung (Tpe) (360, 210, 320; 890), 3. Ashok Kumar (Ind) (335, 205, 335; 875).

Junior: 100 kg: 1. A. V. Vinayan (Ind) (270, 170, 305; 845), 2. Lin Wen Hao (Tpe) (285, 162.5, 280; 727.5), 3. Rushan Zhekeyev (Kaz) (280, 170, 240; 690).

110 kg: 1. Dmitry Fateev (Kaz) (357.5 AR, 225 AR, 340 AR; 922.5 AR), 2. Hesameddin Hoshyar (Irn) (287.5, 192.5, 300; 780), 3. Karamjeet Singh (Ind) (287.5, 195, 270; 752.5).

125 kg: 1. Rakesh Kumar (Ind) (350 AR, 195, 245; 790), 2. Tomahiro Yamamoto (Jpn) (290, 185, 275; 750), 3. Hossein Shivani (Irn) (265, 190, 285; 740).

125 plus kg: 1. Malaki Mujtaba (Irn) (305, 225 AR, 305 AR, 835 AR), J.S. Cheema (Ind) (355 AR, 210, 262.5; 827.5), 3. Hsieh Han Wei (Tpe) (285, 170, 285; 740).

Sub-junior: 100 kg: 1. M. Asif Mahmood (Pak) (215, 145, 220; 580), 2. Ransilu Jayathilaka (Sri) (210, 80, 200; 490).

110 kg: 1. Tseng Wei Ti (Tpe) (275, 130, 280; 685).

125 kg: 1. Deepak Manku (Ind) (190, 90, 195; 475).

Team championship (men): Senior: 1. Kazakhstan (69 points), 2. Chinese Taipei (60), 3. India (58). Junior: 1. India (66), 2. Chinese Taipei (62), 3. Kazakhstan (61). Sub-junior: 1. India (66), 2. Chinese Taipei (33), 3. Pakistan (24).

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