#TG Life
Bhushan Patil, student of M.E.S College Zuarinagar, bagged the Mr Hercules 2.0 title along with a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- and a trophy in the inter-collegiate competition that determined the strongest man of Goa. This competition was organised recently by the Department of Physical Education of Don Bosco College, Panjim and powered by Sporting Club De Goa to celebrate the National Sports Day.Malik Rehan a student of S.S. Dempo college emerged second and received a cash prize of Rs.6,000/- and the trophy. While ToshibKabnoor, a student of SS Dempo college was the second runner up with cash prize Rs. 4,000/-and a trophy.
On day one, the participants had to first go through the preliminary round, out of which only eight participants would qualify for the final round that took place on the following day. Some of the thrilling events that took place on day one were, Run and walk with 25 kg sack (12 minute), Push up’s (1 minute), sit ups (1 minute), Front raises (1 minutes), Squat with 75 kg weight (1 minute) and deadlift 90 kg (1 minute).
Events of the day began the inaugural ceremony. The chief guest for the day was Fr Joaquim Lobo, the manager of Don Bosco College. The ceremony was also graced by other dignitaries, such as Dr Cedric Silveira, the principal, Ajith Gopi, coordinator of P.Ed Department and Ayaz Khan, the sports secretary.
On the second day of Hercules 2.0, top eight participants, Arun Kumar Patil (P.C.C.E Verna), Nehal Komarpant (Shree Mallikarjun), Pramod Honkhande (Vidya Prabhodini), Nandesh Gowda (MES College),Suraj Wagh (Govt. College Borda),Toshib Kabnoor (SS Dempo), Bhushan Patil (MES College) ,Malik Rehan (SS Dempo) qualified in the preliminary round to compete for the Mr Hercules 2.0 title.
These top eight participants competed against each other in various tough competitions such as Brick holding, Rope climbing, Endurance (crawl through mud pushing a medicine ball weighing eight kg , modified burpees with five kg dumbbells, rope wave 200 repetition, sack loading and unloading 25 kgs each), Obstacle race (50 kgs weight in the steel pan and step up, cross the hurdles, 20 squats with 60 kg weight ,tyre flip), Monkey cage and wood cutting to chase the winning title.
Uday Madkaikar Mayor of Panjim Muncipal Corporation was the chief guest for the valedictory function. He appreciated all the participants who came out and participated and encouraged them and the others to showcase their talents. Fr Joaquim Lobo the Manager of the college urged all the participants to keep fit and appreciated all the participants for their brave effort. The title of Mr Hercules 2.0 was given to the winner, Bhushan Patil.
