Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: The Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS), District Jammu, under the leadership of DYSSO Sukhdev Raj Sharma, organized the Inter-Division UT Level Taekwondo (AAG) Boys and Girls competitions at the Sports Training Centre, Base Camp Nagrota. Around 120 participants from various districts showcased their skills to qualify for the national-level Championships.
The competition was smoothly conducted by experienced officials including Atul Pangotra, Mukta Gupta, Barinder Singh, Fiaz Ahmed, Shabir Ahmed, Farooq Ahmed, Nitin Singh, Neelan Masroor and other technical staff.
In the U-17 boys Taekwondo category, Syed from Kashmir clinched gold in the 35-38 kg and +78 kg categories. Paras Verma from Jammu won gold in the 51-55 kg category, while Haris Zahoor from Kashmir emerged victorious in the -35 kg category. Arjun from Jammu took gold in the 38-41 kg category and Sarabjeet from Jammu won the 41-45 kg event. Ashutosh (Jammu) topped the 45-48 kg category, Namanpreet (Jammu) won in the 48-51 kg class and Abbas Khurshid (Kashmir) clinched gold in the 54-59 kg division. Fazil from Kashmir bagged gold in the 63-68 kg category, followed by Abdul from Kashmir in the 68-73 kg group.
Meanwhile, the Inter-District UT Level Swimming competition under AAG boys concluded successfully at IDPS Chowadhi, Jammu, with technical support from Rajesh Sambyal, Gurpreet Singh, Vijinderpal Kour, Anil Shan, Hardav Singh, Rajesh Bandral, Gurbachan Singh, Amolak Singh, Harpreet Bhalla and others.
In U-14 (100m freestyle), Pyaghay (Jammu) secured 1st, Mehdi (Srinagar) 2nd and Samarpartap (Jammu) 3rd. In 100m backstroke, Pratyaksh (Jammu) stood 1st, Ayansh (Budgam) 2nd and Mohd Hafid (Budgam) 3rd. In 50m breaststroke, Rajvardhan Singh (Jammu) came 1st, followed by Vivaan Yadav (Jammu) and Muntazir Ali (Srinagar).
In U-17, Musa (Jammu) won 50m butterfly, while Muneer Ali (Srinagar) won 50m breaststroke and Abdul Ali (Srinagar) won 50m backstroke. In U-19, Kartikaye Choudhary (Jammu) clinched 1st in 50m butterfly and Vikrant Singh (Jammu) topped in 50m backstroke.
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