The two-day arm wrestling mega event, The URPA World Arm Wrestling series 2019, ended on a high note on July 28, 2019 in GMCH auditorium Guwahati.
The Champion of Champions in the men’s category was Partha Sonni from Maharashtra and Mamoni Bayan from Assam won the title in the women’s category.
The event saw participation from more than 150 international and national champions. The event was inaugurated by Lakhya Konwar, Member secretary State Level Advisory Committee, Youth and Sport affairs along with Igor Mazurenko, President, Professional Arm-Wrestling League (PAL), Hridayananda Konwar, President Purna Bikash Sanstha (PBS) and Ronnie Sehgal, CEO Bulldog Arm Wrestling.
This is for the first time that Assam witnessed a Professional Arm-Wrestling Event of this caliber. World renowned match referee Zill Fadli, from Malaysia, conducted the entire event under his watchful eye with assistance from experienced referees from Assam and members of Purna Bikash Sanstha, PAL and Bulldog Sports.
Igor Mazurenko and Kirill Yakovkev also conducted a seminar on Arm Wrestling on day 1 where they imparted knowledge on the latest developments in the International Arm-Wrestling Scenario. The second day witnessed a 12 hour long, Arm-Wrestling marathon with matches across 19 weight and arm categories and two champion of champions categories.
Speaking on the successful completion of the event, Hridayananda Konwar, President Purna Bikash Sanstha said, “My aim while organizing this event was to provide a platform where local arm-wrestlers could compete with national and international players, interact with international referee’s and experience first-hand ,where Arm Wrestling has reached on the international level. My vision is to see Arm-Wrestling become an Olympic Event in the near future.”
Local celebrities, government officials and the local media all came out in full support for the event. The event concluded with the prize distribution ceremony where 40 winners across various categories were handed out medals, certificates and cash prizes, amounting to a total of 6 lakh rupees.
The winners across various categories are as follows:
Men Right Arm
63 Kg: Winner – Manoj Debnath
Runner Up - Rajesh Nag
70kg: Winner – Aakash Kumar
Runner Up – Dipankar Mech
78 Kg: Winner – Toheed Sheikh
Runner Up – Arshdeep Singh
86 Kg: Winner – Pranjit Saikia
Runner Up – Ali ( Iran)
95 Kg: Winner – Guriqbal Singh
Runner Up – Arup Rajkonwar
105 Kg: Winner – Partha Sonni
Runner Up – Subham Marsala
105 Kg and above: Winner – Debojit Sharma
Runner UP – Gulap Singh
Men Left Arm
63 Kg: Winner – Rajesh Nag
Runner Up – Manoj Debnath
70 Kg: Winner – Aakash Kumar
Runner Up- Nipom Deka
78 Kg: Winner – Santosh Das
Runner Up – Rajat Bisht
86 Kg: Winner – Ali (Iran)
Runner Upu – Pranjit Saikia
95 Kg: Winner – Rohit Sheoran
Runner up – Sandeep Sheoran
105 Kg: - Winner – Subham Marshaba
Runner Up – Biswajit Lahon
105 Kg and above: Winner – Debojit Sharma
Runner Up – Gulap Singh
Women Right Arm
56 Kg: Winner – Jasudha
Runner Up – Niharika
65 kg: Winner – Mamoni Bayan
Runner Up – Amita Gowala
75 Kg: Winner – Seema Thapar
Runner Up – Gitali Mohan
Women Left Arm
65 Kg: Winner – Dharitri Koch
Runner Up – Niharika Gowami
65 Kg and above: Winner – Riya Hazari
Runner up – Mainu Deka
