Date:04/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/04/stories/2008100456391800.htm

Sport - Karate

Tamil Nadu wins title

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu won the overall championship in the National karate championship, organised under the auspices of the All India Karate Do Federation in Kolkata recently.

Tamil Nadu finished with a rich haul of 43 medals, including 15 gold, nine silver and 19 bronze.

The gold medallists were R. Sharan Raj, Dinesh Raj, V. Sivaprakasam (two), D. Gajalakshmi, T. Senthil, T.E. Krishnamurthy, S. Raja Murugan, T. Saravanan, N. Nivedhe, Ganesh Moorthy, S. Muruganandan, M. Naresh Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Vijay Karthik.

Over 1,500 participants from virtually all States apart from Police, NSG Delhi, Assam Rifles, CRPF and ITBP took part in the championship where competitions were held in 63 events, 26 of them in the girls’ and women’s sections.

Referees’ seminar

A feature of the championship was a referees’ seminar which was conducted by Mohey Eldin Ahmed Mohamed from Egypt and a member of the Technical committee of the World Federation.

At the valedictory function, AIKF President R. Thiagarajan gave away the prizes.