Team Chandigarh
University shines at 1st Open All India University Taekwondo
Championship 2016
Bags 5 Medals at Taekwondo
Championship 2016
The Taekwondo
team of Chandigarh University Gharuan has bagged 5 Medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2
Bronze) during the recently concluded 1st Open All India University
Taekwondo Championship 2016 organized by All India University Taekwondo Council
(AIUTC) at Tyag Raj Stadium, New Delhi. Teams from more than 27 Universities
all over India participated in the All India University Taekwondo Championship
2016. In girls category of events, Harjinder Kaur won Gold Medal in the under
57 kg (Featherweight) category, while Raksha Goswami won Bronze Medal in the under
46 kg (Fin weight) category. In the boys category, Harpreet Singh won Gold
Medal in the under 80 kg (Welter Weight), Aseem Singh Sodhi won Silver in the
over 87 kg (Heavyweight), while Vikas Siwach won Bronze Medal in under 74 kg
(Lightweight) category.
Harjinder Kaur,
CU won gold by beating Harsimran Kaur from Punjab University, Chandigarh in a
nail biting finish with a score 4-2, 3-2, 4-4, 5-3 in the finals while Raksha
Goswami won Bronze Medal by beating Rajni from Kurukshetra University with a 3
round score 5-3, 6-2, 5-5. In the boys category, Harpreet Singh beat All India
Inter-University Gold Medalist of 2015, Rahul Sharma from Punjabi University,
Patiala with a 4-7, 6-3, 8-4 score, while Aseem Singh Sodhi bagged silver by
beating Krish Bhasin from MDU Rohtak with the score of 8-2, 9-1 in a clean
sweep semi-final match. In yet another match, Vikas Siwach won Bronze Medal by
beating Samrat from IGI College, Delhi University with a score of 6-2, 4-9,
10-4.
While
congratulating the winners on their performance, Satnam Singh Sandhu,
Chancellor, Chandigarh University said that the students at Chandigarh
University are encouraged at levels and more than 233 sports students have been
given admission under the sports quota for which the University is giving 100%
fee scholarship along with free hostel, diet and training facilities to the
students.