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Neeru, Brijender clinch titles
Our Sports Reporter
Neeru (left) of Haryana and Sonia of Delhi in action during the National Tae Kwon Do Championship in Chandigarh on Sunday.
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Chandigarh, December 21
Neeru of Haryana emerged winner in the featherweight colour belt section in the National Tae Kwon Do Championship held today at the Skating Rink, Sector10. The results: Flyweight: colour belt (male): Pramod (UP)-1, Shivinder (Delhi)-2, Krishan Singh (Punjab)-3. Welterweight: colour belt (male):
Brijender (Haryana)-1, Omveer Singh (Delhi)-2, Gurpeeet Singh (Rajasthan)-3. Welterweight: colour belt (female):
Sonia (Delhi)-1, Ranjana (AP)-2, Patel Chetsi (Gujarat)-3. Welterweight: black belt (male): O.V.R. Sharyanama (UP)-1, Amit (Delhi)-2, Madhusudan (Orissa)-3. Featherweight: colour belt (male): Rajesh (UP)-1, Sudhir (Haryana)-2, Ajit (AP)-3. Featherweight: colour belt (female): Neeru (Haryana)-1, Meenakshi (Delhi)-2, Mamta (Orissa)-3. Featherweight: black belt (male): Abhay Kumar (UP)-1, Bhaskar (Uttr)-2, A.S. Gopal (TN)-3. Middleweight: black belt (male):
Rajesh (Delhi)-1, Sukhjeevan (Chandigarh)-2, Ganga (Sikkim)-3.
Indian Express shuttlers excelShuttlers from The Tribune team comprising Munish and Harish Lakhanpal went down fighting 1-2 to Indian Express team of Rajinder Chawla and Satish Bhatti in the final of the Inter-Media Badminton Tournament played at Panjab University gymnasium hall here today. The winners were given R.N. Goenka Trophy. The Tribune team gained 1-0 lead when Munish beat Satish 15-11, 15-10 in the opening singles tie. However, in the doubles match Indian Express players Rajinder and Satish tied the standings by beating Harish and Munish of The Tribune 15-8, 15-13. In the deciding singles match, Rajinder Chawla of Indian Express beat Harish of The Tribune 15-12,15-1 to win the title. In the individual section, Ajay Bajaj of Hindustan Times and Jaswinder Kaur of Dainik Bhaskar bagged the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively. Ajay defeated Gautam Dheer of Indian Express 15-6,15-8 in the men’s section, while in the women’s section, Jaswinder got the better of Ranjana Gupta 11-6,11-4. Mr M.S. Malik, DGP, Haryana, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. Others present on the occasion were Vipin Pubby, Resident Editor, Indian Express, Rajiv Raghunath, Resident Editor, Financial World, and former national badminton coach T.P.S. Puri.
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