Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 26: Winning a total of 10 medals with 4 Gold, 5 Silver and one Bronze, J&K became overall Champion in U-17 Boys and Girls Wushu Championship which concluded at Indoor Sports Complex Bhagwati Nagar here today.
The championship was organised by Directorate of Youth Services and Sports (YSS) J&K, under the auspices of School Games Federation of India (SGFI).
Director General YSS, Rajinder Singh Tara was chief guest on prize distribution function, who along with Joint Director YSS Jammu, Ved Prakash; Deputy Director YSS Central, Jitendra Mishra; Competition Director, Chief Wushu Coach of India and Dhronacharya Awardee Kuldeep Handoo and DYSSO Jammu, Harvinder Kaur presented medals to the winners.
While J&K emerged overall champion in U-17 Boys and Girls category, it remained at top in Girls category with 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal; Maharashtra with 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals got the second place and Chandigarh with 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals remained at third spot while in Boys category, Delhi won 1st place by clinching 3 Gold and 3 Bronze medals; J&K remained at second spot, winning 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals while Uttar Pradesh bagged the third place securing 2 Gold medals.
The Gold medal winners from J&K included Suryansh Singh, Mohd Arham Parray, Jiya Manhas and Aliza Shah while Silver medalists from J&K were Mehran Amin, Umaan Arif, Haseeb, Saliqa Farooq and Sadiya Gulzar and the Bronze medal was claimed by Anum Ajaz.
Earlier, in 60 kg boys category, Suryansh Singh of J&K toppled Rudraksh of Rajasthan to win Gold; in 70 kg category, Mohd Arham Parray of J&K defeated Laishram Puinachandra of Manipur in final bout to bag Gold, in 75 kg category.
Mehran Amin Bangoo of J&K lost to Vipul Khatri of Delhi in final bout and won Silver, in 80 kg category, Umaan Arif of J&K lost to Prashant Kumar of CBSE in final bout and won Silver, in 85 kg category Mohd Haseeb Sohil of J&K lost to Prince Kumar of Delhi in final to claim Silver medal.
In Girls category, final bouts, in 45 kg weight category, Jiya Manhas of J&K beat Bhumika of Chandigarh to win Gold, in 52 kg category, Saliqa Farooq of J&K lost to Zureem Pegu of Assam in the final bout and won Silver, in 60 kg category, Aliza Shah of J&K trounced Riya Mishra of Rajasthan to claim Gold, in 70 kg category, Sadiya Gulzar of J&K lost to Ahilya Lavate of Maharashtra in final bout and won Silver.
Suryansh Singh of J&K and Ahilya Lavate of Maharashtra were adjudged as the best Players of the championship.
Around 600 players and officials drawn from 21 States/UTs across the country took part in this mega event.
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