29th Manipur Taekwondo C'ship, 12th Governor's Cup begin
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 18 2016:
The 29th
Manipur State Taekwondo
Championship and 12th
Governor's Taekwondo Cup
began today under the aegis of
All Manipur Taekwondo
Association at Taekwondo
training hall, NSA, Khuman
Lampak.
The opening day saw N
Sania Devi of UTA clinching
gold in the sub-junior girls
U-22 kg category.
In the senior girls U-46
kg, Ng Abem Devi of SAI-
RC bagged gold while E
Sanathoi of SAI-RC claimed
gold in the junior girls U-55
kg category.
M Tolika of UTA
snatched gold in the junior
girls U-63 kg category.
Meanwhile, Laishram
Lemba Meitei of NSA bagged
gold in the Cadet boys U-49
kg category.
In the U 37 kg Cadet girls
category, Th Lucky of SAI-
RC won gold and Naorem
Reema Devi of NSA won
gold in Cadet girls U-44 kg
category.
In the U-63 kg Junior
boys category, Ch
Yaikhomba of NSA won
gold.
Hengunhao Haokip of
UTA clinched gold in the
Junior boys U-73 kg cat-
egory while B Prabinkumar
Sharma of CTI won gold in
the Junior boys U-78 kg cat-
egory.
In the Senior men U-74
kg category, H Manichandra
of CTI claimed gold while I
Chingkheinganbi of UTA
bagged gold in the Sub-jun-
ior U-29 kg category.
The opening ceremony of
the championship was at-
tended earlier in the day by
Bobby Waikhom, DC,
Bishnupur; Y Khemchand,
president, All Manipur
Taekwondo Association and
W Sushilkumar Singh, retired
Joint Director, YAS as the
chief guest, president and
guest of honour respectively.
The organisers informed
that there will be no matches
for two days from tomorrow
due to general strike.