Early Times Reporter Jammu | Feb 23 Vishal Academy of Taekwondo bagged first place in the Ist Kulbushan Handa Memorial Open Taekdondo Championship which was organized by the Kulbushan Handa Educational Trust under the banner of J&K Taekwondo Association at Roop Nagar, here today. The second place went to Tiny Tots while Xt Stavier School finished third in the medals tally. In the prize distribution function, former Education Minister and MLA, Harsh Dev Singh was chief guest, who gave away winners and runners-up trophies. Prominent among others present were Rajni Bala (Corporator), P C Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Dr Vikram Handa and Gurpreet Handa. Earlier, the event was declared open by the chairperson of the Trust, Veena Handa. About 200 players from different schools and clubs as also from belt forces participated in the day long event. Vote of thanks was presented by Deepak Handa. The NIS qualified in Taekwondo, Atul Pagotra was organizing secretary of the tournament. The detailed results: Below 20 kg: Sakshi, Ist; Mehak, 2nd, Sofia and Vidhi, joint third. Below 25 kg: Shabnam, Ist; Basvi, 2nd; Pyal and Ambreen, joint third. Below 35 kg: Zifat Iqbal, Ist; Shahnaz Parveen, 2nd; Akshita Pandita and Urmi Koul, joint third. Above 40 kg: Sadaf, Ist; Shazia, 2nd; Vishali and Arshi, joint third. Below 21 kg: Aditya, Ist; Tushant, 2nd; Harjot Singh and Aryan, joint third. Below 23 kg: Lakshay, Ist; Tushar, 2nd; Divander and Mimin, joint third. Below 25 kg: Mohd Hanifa, Ist; Keshav, 2nd; Rahul Bhardwaj and Noman, joint third. Below 27 kg: Shoaib Iqbal, Ist; Hardeep Singh, 2nd; Rishab Sharma and Mandeep Singh, joint third. Below 29 kg: Pankaj, Ist; Abhay, 2nd; Ayushman and Ambar, joint third. Below 32 kg: Sahil, Ist; Yudhvir, 2nd; Tashi Tundu and Gagandeep, joint third. Below 35 kg: Abhishek Razdan, Ist; Amit Sharma, 2nd; Ritin Raina and Aditya Sharma, joint third. Below 38 kg: Paras Chopra, Ist; Vipal Dev, 2nd; Rajat and Sandeep Singh, joint third. Below 41 kg: Rakesh Kumar, Ist; Ankush, 2nd; Shekhawat and Lakshay, joint third. Below 44 kg: Rohit Sharma, Ist; Saqib, 2nd; Irfan and Ifaq, joint third. Below 58 kg: Ankush Sharma, Ist; Gulzar Hassan, 2nd; Sunil Kumar and Vijay Kumar, joint third. Open category: Zohaib Khan, Ist; Anil Parihar, 2nd; Waseem and Atul Suri, joint third. |