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Powerlifter Ashok Secures Silver at Asian Para Games
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News18•20-10-2026, 10:00
Powerlifter Ashok Secures Silver at Asian Para Games
- •Ashok won the silver medal in the men's 65kg powerlifting event at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya.
- •He successfully lifted a best weight of 192kg during the competition.
- •China's reigning Paralympic champion Zou Yi claimed the gold medal with a lift of 216kg.
- •Indonesia's Margono secured the bronze medal by lifting 177kg.
- •Ashok, a polio survivor from Gohana in Sonipat district, competed successfully despite his hip and leg impairments.
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India's 37-year-old powerlifter Ashok won the silver medal in the men's 65kg competition at the Asian Para Games by lifting a best of 192kg.
Reigning Paralympic champion Zou Yi of China won the gold medal in the men's 65kg powerlifting event with an effort of 216kg.
Ashok hails from Gohana in the Sonipat district and contracted polio as a child, resulting in an impairment in his hips or legs.
