Mr. India 2009

Jayaprakash of Services team, competing in the 100 + kg category, won the overall title at the ‘Mr. India’ senior National bodybuilding championship held at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, on Sunday.
V. Jaya Kumar of Railways won the title in 100 kg category. He beat the incredible Murali Kumar of Services (last year’s winner).
Railways and Services each had 4 gold medal winners. However, Railways bagged the Team Championship award for picking up more points (140 vs. 128!).
Here is how the players finished in top 3 in each class:

55kg :

1. Rahul Salukhe (Railways) 2. Sripal Reddy (Railways); 3. Jagatjyoti Chakraborty (Bengal)

60kg:

1. Daljit Singh (Punjab); 2. Y. Kunj Kishore; 3. Anup Prem Kumar (Railways)


65kg:

1. Romi Singh (Services); 2. K. Balamurugan (Railways); 3. Mohammad Abdullah (Services)


70kg:

1. V. Jayaprakash (Railways); 2. R. Nayak (Services); 3. Aniruddh Chatterjee (U.P.)


75kg:

Bhakta Kumar (Services); 2. P. Ranjit Kumar (Railways); 3. Ashim Banerjee (Orissa)


80kg:

E.G. Byju (Services); 2. P.P. Sameer (Railways); 3. M. Shalin


85kg:

1. Amit Choudhury (U.P.); 2. S. Aneesh Raj (Kerala); 3. Anand Kumar (Services)


90kg:

1. Kiran Patil (Railways); 2. Prasad Kumar (Services); 3. Prashant Salunkhe (Maharashtra)


100kg:

1. V. Jaya Kumar (Railways); 2. Murali Kumar (Services); 3. Wasim (Delhi)


Over-100kg:

1. Jayaprakash (Services); 2. Varinder Ghuman (Punjab); 3. Sagar Kate