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J&K bags 6 medals, secure 3rd place in Junior National Wushu championship

LocalJ&K bags 6 medals, secure 3rd place in Junior National Wushu championship
J&K bags 6 medals, secure 3rd place in Junior National Wushu championship. Pic/KSW
J&K bags 6 medals, secure 3rd place in Junior National Wushu championship. Pic/KSW

Srinagar, October 25: J&K Junior Wushu team emerged as 3rd in the Sanda event of Junior National Wushu Championship held in Punjab.

J&k wushu team.secured 02 Gold and 04 Bronze medals in the championship while as Haryana topped with 8 Gold 2 silver and 2 Bronze whereas Manipur with 02 Gold 1 silver and 2 Bronze and UP with 1 Gold medal 3 silver.

Sadia Tariq and Ansa Chisti secured Gold medals in the Bleow 48kg and 52kg respectively. It is the second consecutive Gold medal for the Sadia Tariq whereas Ansa Chisti converted her previous silver medal to Gold.
Ayra Chisti, Kaifa Shah, Ali and Ajmal secured Bronze medals in the championship.
Ayra chisti got injured during the bout and missed Gold medal.

The chief guest on the closing ceremony Bhupender Singh Bajwa, president of wushu Association of India presented medals to all medalists which was accompanied by the MD of the Lovely Professional University Jalandhar and president of the Punjab Wushu Association Surinender singh Sodhi (Arjun Awardee).

The office bearers of Wushu Association of J&K, Chief Patron Yogesh Sawhney, congratulated all the medalists for their commendable performance in the championship,especially district Srinagar wushu Association for their commendable performance. They also congratulated coaches for imparting effective coaching.

Sr.Vice President of the Wushu Assocoation of J&K Rajeet Kalra appreciated Junior Wushu Team for their outstanding performance in the championship.

He urged government to acknowledge the medal prospectus sports for the better facility. He apprised that More than 06 players of the UT J&K junior Players have qualified for the Youth Asian Games coaching camps and is the only sports in the UT. Which gave first ever medal in the Asian Games and have the only coach in the UT J&K configured with the Highest award in coaching Dronacharya Award.

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