RAIPUR,CG: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai wished J. Bhagwat Rao of Bhilai, for winning three bronze medals in the Asian Men’s Equipped Powerlifting Championship.

Bhagwat Rao paid a courtesy visit at CM’s House on Wednesday. He achieved third place overall in the 66 kg category of the Asian Men's Equipped Powerlifting Championship competition held in Hong Kong from May 5 to 11.  He has also won bronze medal in Scott competition, bronze medal in bench press and bronze medal in deadlift event organized. 

Congratulating him, Sai said that the brilliant achievement has also made the state proud. It will inspire the emerging players and will also send a positive message to the youth to take up sports as their career.

Powerlifter player J. Bhagwat Rao has been continuously performing brilliantly in international and national competitions. Earlier, he had won a bronze medal in the Federation Cup Men’s Powerlifting Championship held in Indore, a bronze medal in the National Senior Men's Powerlifting Championship held in Santapalli, Andhra Pradesh, and a bronze medal in the National Junior Men's Powerlifting Championship held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, besides also winning medals in many competitions. Have achieved. The Chief Minister wished them a bright future and also gave good wishes for the upcoming competitions.