24th Jammu District Taekwondo C’ship commences

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 23: Dr SM Bali, senior vice president of India Taekwondo Association inaugurated 24th District Jammu Taekwondo Championship, organised under the aegis of J&K Taekwondo Association (JKTA) at Dogra Brahmin Pratinidhi Sabha Parade, here today.
During the championship, all the medallists of all age groups will be selected for upcoming UT level championships. About 300 athletes from 10 Clubs are expected to participate in the championship.
Prabnoor Singh, Naksh Sharma, Aaradik Samotra, Aayan Kabya, Ritwik Raina, Safwah, Arya Jamwal, Taisha Magotra, Aradhya, Shanzay Sayeed, Druv Sharma, Balwinder, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanchit Sharma, Gavish Sharma, Kanhiya Dayal, Nittya Nand Vardhayni, Bhumi Sharma, Beauty, Ishika Jamwal, Ritambra Sharma, and Ishmeet Kour were among the Gold medallist in Pee-Wee and Sub-Junior category (boys & girls), whereas Silver medals were secured by Harjas Singh, Palk Devi, Rajveer Singh Bhau, Divyansh Singh, Aditya Jamwal, Ankur Kumar, Madhav Saini, Yashika Sharma, Satwinder Kaur and Divjot Kour.
Hargun Kour, Faizan, Ritik Kumar, Atul Kumar, Ishmeet Singh, Nirbhay Jamwal, Ashsan, Shiv Sharma, and Gokul Sharma secured Bronze medals.
Vice president SM Bali was the chief guest of the opening ceremony, whereas JKTA president DN Pangotra and Subash Shastri, president National Majdoor Sang were the guests of honour and Ramesh Chander Sharma, Anuj Sharma were special guests besides Vikrant Narwalia presided over the function.
Vinod Grewal, Nitish Anand, Rashmi Gupta, Narinder Sharma, Tarun Sharma, Amit Kumar and Arslaan Ahmad were among the referees of the event.