Tamil Nadu wins two golds in Karate competition
Tamil Nadu dominated the karate-do ring bagging two gold medals in 34th National Games in Ranchi on Monday.
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: February 15, 2011 04:22 PM IST
Tamil Nadu dominated the karate-do ring bagging two gold medals in 34th National Games in Ranchi on Monday.
The competition also saw Bengal and Meghalaya win their first gold medals while another yellow metal was won by Haryana at Shiekh Bhikhari Administrative Block, Mega Sports Complex here.
Ashok Kumar of Tamil Nadu defeated Damang Syngkong of Meghalaya en route to the gold in the kumite men's under 55kg category, while Lal Rang Bawla of Mizoram and Devanand Baskey of the hosts made semifinal exits to settle for bronze medals.
P Pavitra earned the second gold for Tamil Nadu, which came in the kumite u-68kg category when she defeated Maharashtra's Sandhya Shetty in the final.
Haryana's Rekha and Debia Yakap of Arunachal Pradesh settled for bronze medals.
Kunal Dey earned Bengal the first gold of the 33-discipline meet when he knocked down Madhya Pradesh's Vikas Sharma. Manipur's Mohammad Noor Khan and Andhra's Tam Tapak bagged the bronze medals.
Meghalaya's first gold also came in the competition when Linza Syiew defeated Manipur's Sharmila Garu in the women's kumite u-55kg category. Karuna Malik (Tamil Nadu) and Supriya Jatap (Madhya Pradesh) settled for the bronze medals.
Haryana's Sunil Rathee outplayed Afjal Khan of Madhya Pradesh for the gold medal in the men's kumite 84kg where Gaurav Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) and Amit Yadav (Maharashtra) settled for the bronze medals.