Amar Chawra wins double gold at national para arm wrestling championship

For Assam, Chawra’s result carried more weight than a single podium finish. Kerala finished as overall champion by topping the medal count for the second straight year, so Chawra’s pair of golds became one of the clearest individual statements from outside the title-winning state. In a championship built across SubJunior, Junior, Youth, Senior, Para, Men and Women categories, his performance reinforced that Assam is no longer waiting for a breakthrough in para competition. It is already producing athletes capable of winning twice in the same event.

Chawra’s rise was not sudden. He trained for four years at Arunoday Sangha in Moran under coach Partha Pratim Baruah, and that long stretch of work showed in the way he handled both arms at the national level. The two gold medals were not a lucky run in one bracket. They reflected consistency, technique and the kind of preparation that can translate from a local gym to a national podium.

That matters in a sport where the growth of inclusive championship structures is opening more lanes for athletes from smaller towns. The Gandhinagar championship was jointly organized by Rashtriya Raksha University, the Armwrestling Federation of Gujarat and the People’s Armwrestling Federation of India, giving the event both scale and legitimacy. In that setting, Chawra’s sweep for Assam was a sign of where the next wave of results may come from: not only from established centers, but from district clubs like Arunoday Sangha that are turning steady training into repeat medal chances.