LPU organised two day State Taekwondo Championship 2015

Jalandhar, January 30, 2015: LPU organised Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Taekwondo Championship (Male/Female)-2015 at its campus. More than 100 athletes from 12 districts of the state competed for top honours in 4 categories- 1st Cadet, Sub-Junior, Junior & Senior. Ten national level referees officiated at the championship. For the female teams, school girls between 10 to 18 years age group displayed excellent fighting skills of the game. Similarly, male team members too dazzled the game lovers with their combat and self-defense techniques. Kapurthala district lifted the overall trophy of the championship, Amritsar remained first runner up and Hoshiarpur district stood second runner up. LPU students won 12 Medals (4 Gold, 3 Silver & 5 Bronze) in Senior Category. Matches held on the LPU Taekwondo Court were live-streamed on the university channel ‘Ytv’. Organizing members of Leo Taekwondo Association of Kapurthala contributed in arranging the teams and competitions. LPU Director General Er HR Singla inaugurated the championship by making a motivating speech as best wishes for each and every competitor.

As per final results of the competition, the Gold Medal winners for 1st Cadet Female category remained Richa (Kapurthala, under 29 Kg weight), Tegmoor (Amritsar 33-37Kg), Jasleen (Sultanpur 37-41Kg), Supreet (Sultanpur 47-51 Kg) and Romalpreet (Sultanpur over 59 Kg). For male category are Rahul (Chandigarh under 33 Kg), Jarman Singh (Amritsar 33-37Kg), Manpreet (Phagwara 45-49 Kg), Daksh (Hoshiarpur 49-53 Kg) and Jobanpreet (Sultanpur Over 65 Kg).

For Sub-Junior Female category are Preet Kamal (Kapurthala, under 16 Kg weight), Nargis (Jalandhar 18-20 Kg), Richa (Kapurthala 26-29 Kg), and Divyashi Jindal (Chandigarh 29-32 Kg). For male category are Jatinder (Goraya under 18 Kg), Yash (Chandigarh 18-21 kg), Siddharth (Phagwara 21-23 Kg), Jaspal (Kapurthala 29-32 kg), and Dilsher (Kapurthala 32-35 Kg).

For Junior Female category are Kajal (Amritsar 42-44 Kg weight), Satinderjit (Kapurthala 44-46 Kg), Jhanvi (Amritsar 49-52 Kg), and Bipandeep (Sultanpur 59-63 Kg). For male category are Anmoldeep (Sultanpur 41-45kg), Mukul (Chandigarh 48-51 Kg), Uday (Amritsar 59-63 kg), and Rohit (Hoshiarpur over 78 Kg).

For Senior Female category Gold Medal winners are Neelam (LPU Phagwara 46-49 Kg weight), Lipika (LPU Phagwara 49-53 Kg), Chamanpreet (LPU Phagwara 53-57 Kg), and Anju (Amritsar under 46 Kg). For male category Sunny Tomar (LPU Phagwara 54-58 Kg), Karan Hans (Hoshiarpur 63-68 Kg), Sanjeev Kumar (LPU Phagwara 68-74 kg), and Sukhwinder (Kapurthala over 87 Kg).

Developed by Korean Masters, Taekwondo has been an Olympic event since 2000. International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and World Taekwondo Federation (WTO) are two bodies which promote this art at international and Olympic level respectively. Taekwondo techniques generally include kicks, blocks, punches, and strikes, with somewhat less emphasis on grappling and holds. Between these techniques a practitioner relaxes the body, and then tenses the muscles only while performing. This all was explicitly visible during the championship.