Inter-Division UT Level Taekwondo C’ship held

Taekwondo players posing along with dignitaries during a championship.
Taekwondo players posing along with dignitaries during a championship.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 13: The Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) launched the Inter-Division UT Level Taekwondo Competition for AAG Boys at MA Stadium, here today.
This event provides a platform for young athletes from across Jammu and Kashmir to showcase their talents and compete for top honours, with approximately 100 participants taking part.
The event features technical expertise from officials including Atul Pangotra (PET), Rajinder Singh (PET), Mukta Gupta (PET), Barinder Singh (PET), Taruna Khajuria, Shivali Rajput and other technical staff from the department.
Harvinder Kour appreciated the participants’ efforts and awarded medals and certificates to the winners and runners-up, encouraging all young athletes to continue striving for excellence.
The winners were Below 18 Kg; 1st – Jagdish Kumar (Jammu Division); Below 21 Kg: 1st – Lokinder Singh (Jammu Division), Below 23 Kg; 1st – Sourav Verma (Jammu Division), Below 25 Kg; 1st – Zain Talib (Kashmir Division), 2nd – Natik Singh (Jammu Division), Below 27 Kg: 1st – Still Sharma (Jammu Division), 2nd – Shaheen Ahmed (Kashmir Division), Below 29 Kg: 1st – Smarth Dogra (Jammu Division), 2nd – Afreen Nazeer (Kashmir Division), Below 32 Kg: 1st – Ranajay Gupta (Jammu Division), Below 35 Kg: 1st – Saurav Kumar (Jammu Division), Below 38 Kg: 1st – Akshit (Jammu Division), 2nd – Taugeeq Firdous (Kashmir Division), Below 41 Kg: 1st – Mohd Shoaib (Jammu Division), 2nd – Manan Hassan (Kashmir Division), Below 45 Kg: 1st – Amakes Kumar (Jammu Division), 2nd – Mohd Anas (Kashmir Division), Below 48 Kg: 1st – Danish Bhagat (Jammu Division), Below 51 Kg: 1st – Vishnu Raina (Jammu Division), 2nd – Harris Gulzar (Kashmir Division), Below 55 Kg: 1st – Mutaib Masood (Jammu Division), 2nd – Mohd Nadeem (Kashmir Division), Below 45 Kg: 1st – Manmeet Singh (Jammu Division), Below 48 Kg: 1st – Amit Kumar (Jammu Division), 2nd – Mosin Rasood (Kashmir Division), Below 51 Kg: 1st – Sahid Bashir (Kashmir Division), 2nd – Nitin Sharma (Jammu Division),Below 55 Kg: 1st – Akarshit Sudan (Jammu Division), 2nd – Rasib Majeed (Kashmir Division), Below 59 Kg: 1st – Sourab Sharma (Jammu Division), 2nd – Kamran Bilal (Kashmir Division), Below 63 Kg: 1st – Ajay Kumar (Jammu Division), 2nd – Shoaib Nazir (Kashmir Division), Below 68 Kg: 1st – Kartik Thakur (Jammu Division), 2nd – Shoket Ahdar (Kashmir Division) and Below 73 Kg: 1st – Affan Latif (Jammu Division), 2nd – Arsalan Wazir (Kashmir Division).