National Men & Women Judo Championships 2019 gets underway
As many as 15 teams are to participate in the 26th Men and 9th Women National Judo Championship which will begin from today and will continue till 4th May at Pakistan Sports Complex in Islamabad.
Pakistan Judo Federation is organizing the National level Judo event into the current year which marks the 26th edition of Men's while 9th edition of Women's National Championships. Team events for men and women have also been included for the very first time and the competitions will be held as per the rules of International Judo Federation (IJF).
This championship will feature a total of about 15 teams belonging to several different provinces, departments and cities of the country including DHA that have been given the invite to participate for the promotion of Judo.
The participating teams includes: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Army, WAPDA, Railways, Police, Navy and Higher Education Commission (HEC).
PJF Chief Col (R), Junaid said the best fighters from the event would be given chances to represent Pakistan in international events.
The championship of men will be held in ten different weight categories of -50 KG, -55 KG, -60 KG, -66 KG, -73 KG, -81 KG, -90 KG, -100 KG, +100 KG and Open weight, where as for the women category, the competitions will be contested in 8 different weight categories which includes: -40 KG, -44 KG, -48 KG, -52 KG, -57 KG, -63 KG, -70 KG and Open weight. The Men's Team Event will be contested in -66 KG,-73 KG,-81 KG,-90 KG and +90 KG and the Women's Team Event will be played in -52 KG, -57 KG, -63 KG, -70 KG and +70 KG.
Army and WAPDA will defend men’s and women’s titles, respectively. Tokyo-based Amina Toyoda will also feature in the competitions along with Japan-basked Pakistani Judoka, Shah Hussain.
Today there be a number of meetings and weigh-ins of the participants conducted as the teams will arrive today and the Managers' meeting will also be held today at 03:00 PM followed by meeting of Technical Officials at 04:00 PM and official weigh-in of the fighters at 06:00 PM.
Dr Fehmida Mirza, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), will grace the event open today.
