Nagaland Taekwondo team to join national championship

Kohima Dec 14 : The Taekwondo team of Nagaland under the Nagaland Taekwondo Federation, comprising 50 participants, will take part in the 25th National Taekwondo Championship at Talkotra Stadium in New Delhi starting from December 23.

Official source said the Taekwondo Association of India (TAI) was organising the 25th (Silver Jubilee) National Championship in New Delhi from December 23 to 26 and the Nagaland team would leave for Delhi on Monday.

''The participants will compete in Sparing, Patterns, Breaking Special Technique and also in both individual and team events. The Nagaland team will be led by its Technical Director Israel G Xiuvi, also the vice-president of TAI. He will be assisted by other team coaches,'' sources added.