Nagaland team bags 8 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in Taekwondo

Mokokchung, July 4 (MTNews): Twenty Taekwondo athletes competed for Nagaland during the three-day Open India Kukkiwon Dispatched Master Championship, which was held at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Jorhat, Assam,  from July 1–3, and was organized by Titabor Dojang Taekwondo Academy. The athletes brought honour to the state by winning 8 Gold, 6 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals under Visabiu Peseyie, the state taekwondo coach, and Khrieto the team manager.

Coach Peseyie explained to Mokokchung Times that the department had sent him to certain areas last year to scout for potential Taekwondo competitors. He went on to say that he chose seven promising young athletes (all boys under the age of 10) and accepted them to the sports academy at the IG Stadium in Kohima. Among the seven players, two won Gold and one secured silver medal.

Five Naga Taekwondo boys, Heutingyi Zeliang, Boto Chophy, Teklung Phom, Yentsuthung Tikhir and Neikhozo Naprantsu have been inducted into army boys’ sports company, Ranikhet. He added,

“The talented players need special training and competition in international arena from time to time in order to become a professional player.”
Coach Peseyie said the team from Sports Academy, IG Stadium, Kohima who represented the state participated in Kyorugi (sparring) competition.

List of Naga Medalist at the event

Pee Wee categories (under 8 years)

1. Shiusuthong – under 22 kg: Gold medal
2. Shiuthong- under 24 kg: Gold medal
3. Alimthong – under 16 kg: Silver medal

Sub- Junior (under- 11 years)

1. Pauninglungbe Ndang – under 29 kg: Gold medal
2. Athongti – under 32 kg: Silver medal
3. Pauziechangbe Herie -under 25 kg: Bronze medal

Cadet categories (under-14 years)

1. Lensethong Tikhir – under 33 kg: Gold medal
2. Manong Konyak – under 37 kg: Gold medal
3. Longkhan Phom – under 49 kg: Gold medal
4. Thongti Thonger – under 45 kg: Bronze medal

Junior categories (under-17 years)

1. T. Kiutsu – under 55 kg: Gold medal
2. Epithung Tungoe – under 45 kg: Silver medal
3. K. Yimkiumong – under 51 kg: Silver medal
4. Wangan Phom- under 48 kg: Bronze medal

Senior categories (above 17 years)

1. Keneilevo Nagi- under 80 kg: Gold medal
2. Repinkiu Tikhir – under 54 kg: Silver medal
3. Zakieneikho Peseyie – under 74 kg: Silver medal
4. Vilabizo Nagi : under 63 kg : Bronze medal