Patna: The Bihar Taekwondo team for the 40th National Senior Kyorugi and 13th National Senior Poomsae Taekwondo Championship 2024, set to take place at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Puducherry from 17 to 20 October, has been officially announced. Samta Rahi, Joint Secretary of the Bihar Taekwondo Association, confirmed that the team has already left for Puducherry. Performances at this championship will determine qualification for the National Games in Uttarakhand. The team underwent a 15-day training camp at the Patna SAI Centre in preparation for the competition.
Bihar Taekwondo Association President Shashibala Bhadani, along with General Secretary Rajesh Kumar Sahu, Vice Presidents Birendra Kumar and Arun Kumar, Joint Secretary Nandu Kumar, Treasurer Manish Chandra Roy, Executive Members Kamal Patel and Suryashekhar Mandal, and Patna SAI Centre in-charge C. Someshwar Rao, expressed their encouragement and best wishes to the team.
Kyorugi – Women
- Khushboo Kumari (under 46 kg)
- Ragini Kumari (46–49 kg)
- Ananya Kumari (49–53 kg)
- Arpitama Raj (53–57 kg)
- Shreya Rani (57–62 kg)
- Akshara Shri (62–67 kg)
- Sanjana Kumari (67–73 kg)
- Urja (over 73 kg)
Coach: Amarendra Kumar
Kyorugi – Men
- Akash Singh (under 54 kg)
- Nikhil Kumar (54–58 kg)
- Saurav Kumar (58–63 kg)
- Shivam Singh (63–68 kg)
- Saket Kumar (68–74 kg)
- Harsh Vardhan (74–80 kg)
- Ashish Kumar (80–87 kg)
- Chaitanya Keshav (over 87 kg)
Coach: Vishwajeet Kumar
Poomsae Team
- Rajvanshi Kumar
- Kumari Raj Harshika
- Munna Kumar
- Dharmyug Kumar
- Rekha Kumari
- Harsh Raj
- Vikrant Pankaj
- Manish Kumar
- Aditya Narayan Singh
- Dharmendra Kumar
- Raju Kumar
