PESHAWAR
\nThe 27th Men\u2019s and 10th Women\u2019s National Judo Championship jointly organized by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judo Association and Directorate General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here at Rafique Sports Arena Hall, Peshawar Sports Complex on Saturday.
\nVice President of Pakistan Judo Federation and owner Toyota Frontier Motors Shafiq Afridi and Hammad Babar, owner of ICMS, formally inaugurated the competitions. The competitions will continue till January 3 in which 14 teams from all over Pakistan are participating. Among them are Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad, Pakistan Army, WAPDA, Railways, Police, Navy, HEC and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are included.
\nThe Pakistan Army team is defending the title. Olympian Shah Hussain is an Asian Bronze Medalist, Commonwealth, Silver Medalist of South Asian, Triple Gold Medalist and National Champion. He is also defending his title. Shah Hussain Shah is the son of our National Hero Hussain Shah who won a Bronze Medal in the Olympics in Boxing. Shah Hussain Shah won the 2016 Olympics and also participated in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and showed excellent performance and now his eyes are focused on the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
\nIn the National Championship, 10 different weight categories are competing in men\u2019s competitions and eight weight categories in women\u2019s competitions. Men are taking part in 50 kg, 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 73 kg. -81kg \u2018-90kg\u2019 -100kg \u2018100kg and above while women\u2019s -40kg, -44kg -48kg, -52kg, -57kg.
\nAccording to Masood Ahmed, Vice President, Pakistan Judo Federation, best arrangements have been made for the players and officials in the National Championship across the country. The participation of the best players of the team will help in the promotion and development of Judo in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nSardar Fazilat in -60kg class in HEC\u2019s Akash, \u2018KP\u2019s Waheed, Hussain Muzammil, Gilgit-Baltistan\u2019s Taseeruddin, in -66kg class PSP\u2019s Shoaib, Mohammad Hussain, Salman Khan, Muhammad Omar of Punjab, Junaid Karim of Gilgit Baltistan, Naseeb Khan of Balochistan, Talha of HEC in 55kg competitions, Mehran of Punjab, Ijaz of KP, Akbar Ali of Pakistan Army and Pakistan Wapda Sadiq, Noor Khan of Balochistan in 50kg competitions, Salman Khan of KP, Sabir Hussain of Army, Abu Sufyan of HEC, Halima of Balochistan in 44kg, Asifa Noor of KP-A, In 40kg class, Sakina of Balochistan, Nayab of HEC, Sana Anwar of Punjab, Sidra Yousaf of Army and Kausar Iqbal of Pakistan Wapda recorded victories in their respective rivals and advance to next round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The 27th Men\u2019s and 10th Women\u2019s National Judo Championship jointly organized by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judo Association and Directorate General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here at Rafique Sports Arena Hall, Peshawar Sports Complex on Saturday. Vice President of Pakistan Judo Federation and owner Toyota Frontier Motors Shafiq Afridi and Hammad Babar, owner of ICMS, formally inaugurated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[732,2021,2022,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-236378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-championship","9":"tag-judo","10":"tag-men","11":"tag-women"},"yoast_head":"\n