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Taekwondo<br />
The Taekwondo event for the 12th South Asian<br />
Games was held from 10th to 15th February 2016 at<br />
the NEIHGRIMS Indoor Hall in Shillong. The event<br />
featured 54kg, 58kg, 63kg, 68kg, 74kg, 80kg, 87kg and<br />
87kg+ categories for men and 46kg, 49kg, 53kg, 57kg<br />
and 62kg categories for women. 53 men and 32 women<br />
participated along with 40 officials.<br />
The Taekwondo event was one of the most closely<br />
contested sport at the 12th South Asian Games with<br />
Afghanistan coming out as overall champions with 6<br />
gold medals, closely followed by hosts India with 5<br />
gold medals and Pakistan with 2 gold medals. Nepal<br />
did not win any gold but put in a spirited performance<br />
winning 7 silver medals. The Afghanistan challenge<br />
was spearheaded by legendary Rohullah Nikpai the<br />
two time Olympic bronze medalist from the country.<br />
Afghanistan won 5 out of the 8 Gold medals in men’s<br />
category with India winning two and Pakistan the<br />
remaining one Gold medal. In the women’s segment<br />
the experience of Purva Dixit, Latika Bhandari and<br />
Margerita Regi won the Gold for India while 16 year<br />
old Yasmeen M Khan created history for Pakistan by<br />
winning the under 46kg category Gold.<br />
The memorable event was conducted efficiently by 5<br />
ITOs, 32 NTOs and Competition Director Shri Jayanta<br />
Kumar Das.<br />
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