Jammu District Judo C’ship begins

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 19: Jammu District Judo Championship, being organized by J&K Judo Association under the aegis of J&K Sports Council and J&K Olympic Association commenced at MA Stadium, here today.
About 300 Judokas from different Schools participated in the Championship.
Dr Ashutosh Sharma, Chairman Affiliation Committee of Indian Olympic Association was the chief guest on the opening ceremony, while Ravi Singh, Manager Indoor Complex, M.A. Stadium was the guest of honour.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were Vikas Gupta, secretary JKJA, Varinder Dogra (Treasurer JKJA), Suraj Sharma, Rajiv Sharma, Rohit Sadotra, Rajesh Verma, Shweta, Danish Sharma and Munish Chatwal.
The bouts are being officiated by Suraj Bhan Singh, Vikas Dogra, Ritika Slathia and Rameshwar Singh.
Earlier, in Under-17 boys 50 kg, Jeevan Singh and Shubham Sharma won gold and silver medals respectively, while Anil Sharma and Amit Singh claimed bronze.
In 55 kg, Munish won gold, Mridul Kerni bagged silver and Vikram and Jagjeet Singh claimed bronze medals, while in 60 kg, Paras Kumar and Shubham Singh clinched gold and silver, while Jai Kumar and Noman Mushtaq won bronze medal.
In 66 kg, Akshay clinched gold, Rajat Jandyal won silver, while Shubham Manhas and Sushank shared bronze and in 73 kg, Kundan Padha and Shivam Kohli won gold and silver respectively, while Pranav Sharma and Syed Sahir claimed bronze medal.
In 81 kg, Karan Deep Singh and Sobhigya Singh won gold, while Rishab Kumar and Abhimanyu shared bronze and in 90kg, Sourab Kumar won gold and Saajan Sharma bagged silver. In 100 kg, Deeraj Kumar and Sushabit Raina won gold and silver respectively.
In Under-20 boys 55 kg, Manik Verma and Kulveer Raj bagged gold and silver respectively, while Sunil Kumar and Tarun Jamwal shared bronze medal.
In 60 kg, Virbhadra Singh and Aman Deep claimed gold and silver, while the bronze medal was shared by Syed Assad Hussain and Rajan in this category.
In Under- 17 girls 40 kg, Aruhi Khajuria and Ishrat bagged gold and silver respectively, while in 48 kg, Sanjana Manhas and Sumati Singh won gold and silver respectively and Harshna claimed bronze. In 57 kg, Vaishali Choudhary won gold and Nandni Sharma clichéd silver, while in 63 kg, Suhasi Kiran and Ridham Kohli bagged gold and silver respectively.
In Under-20 girls 52 kg, Yashika Jamwal and Rabia Rana won gold and silver respectively, while in 57 kg, Juhi Chawla and Manisha bagged gold and silver respectively.
In 63 kg, Punam Sharma won gold and Shiwangi Dutt clinched silver, while in 78 kg, Shivali Manhas claimed gold and Priya Sharma bagged silver and in open weight category, Shriya Baru bagged gold.

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