When Lifting, the Sky was their Limit!

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The power-lifting tournament for the Inter-Faculty Freshers’ Tournament of the University of Colombo, was held successfully on the 1st of April, at the indoor gymnasium. This was embellished with an enthusiastic initiation by the strongest men among the university new-comers.

Weight Categories

  • Under 55 kg
  • 55 kg – 61 kg
  • 61 kg – 67 kg
  • 67 kg – 73 kg
  • 73 kg – 81 kg
  • 81 kg – 89 kg
  • 89 kg – 96 kg
  • 96 kg – 102 kg
  • 102 kg – 109 kg
  • Over 109 kg

From the start, there was a tense atmosphere in the indoor gymnasium, which was highly crowded by the cheering squads from all the faculties of the University of Colombo. But neither of that affected our strongest; they took all of that as a strength.

The Faculty of Technology was the front runner from the beginning of the day. They fought hard to retain the championship title for power-lifting they got last year. But that wasn’t as easy as they had possibly expected, due to the tough competition given by the weight-lifters from mainly the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Management and Finance.

Further, the records set for the day were a major attraction for the spectators. The University of Colombo had never seen such feats. One such was a record of lifting 200 kg, which was successfully completed by a fresher of the Faculty of Science, V. Kularathne who competed in the 73 – 81 kg weight category. Meanwhile, A. M. H. Pushpakumara from the Faculty of Technology, who competed in the uder 55 kg weight category was named the Strongest Man of the Competition

By striving hard to secure victory and after a very tough competition, the Faculty of Management and Finance, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Technology were able to secure the positions of the second runners up, the first runners up and the champions respectively.

Final Results

  1. Champions – Faculty of Technology
  2. 1st Runners up – Faculty of Science
  3. 2nd Runners up – Faculty of Management and Finance

Finally, the Faculty of Technology was able to secure their championship title for power-lifting, which was their first overall championship at the Inter-Faculty Freshers’ tournament for this year.

By: N. R. Lokusuriya

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