J&K bags 2 gold, 4 bronze medals
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J&K bags 2 gold, 4 bronze medals

Post by on Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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Srinagar, Oct 25: Jammu And Kashmir Junior Wushu team emerged as second runner up and third in the medal tally after Haryana and Manipur while winning two gold and four bronze medals in 20th Junior National Wushu Championship which was held at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, and Punjab.
It is consecutive second time that Jammu and Kashmir stood third in the medal tally after Haryana and Manipur.
 The championship started on October 20 and concluded on October 25.
27 players, two coaches and one manager participated in this event.
Jammu and Kashmir Wushu team bagged tw0 Gold and four Bronze medals in the championship whereas Haryana topped the medal tally with eight Gold, two silver and two Bronze medals while Manipur with two Gold one silver, two Bronze and UP with one Gold and three silver medals.
 Sadia Tariq and Ansa Chisti secured Gold medals in below 48kg and 52kg respectively. It is the second consecutive Gold medal for the Sadia Tariq whereas Ansa Chisti converted her previous silver medal into Gold.
 Ayeera Chisti, Kaifa Shah, Ali and Ajmal won Bronze medals in the championship.
However, Ayeera Chisti got injured during the bout and missed opportunity to claim gold medal.
The chief guest on the closing ceremony Bhupender Singh Bajwa, President of Wushu Association of India presented medals to all medalists who were 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.
 On the occasion Chief patron Yogesh Sawhney, congratulated all the medalists for their commendable performance in the championship, especially district Srinagar Wushu Association for their commendable performance. He also congratulated coaches for imparting effective coaching.
President of Wushu Association of J&K, Vijay Saraf, appealed the Lieutenant Governor of J&K for giving prominence to this sports as Wushu is the sports which is giving medals for the J&K at the Asian Games, world championships, Asian Championship and moreover is the best among the three states in the country at the National level.
 He also urged J&K government for taking up the matter with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for opening of National Academy or National Centre of excellence (NCOE) in J&K so that the players of the J&K showcase their best in the forthcoming international events.
 Sr. Vice President of the Wushu Association of J&K Rajeet Kalra appreciated team for their outstanding performance in the championship. He urged government to acknowledge the medal prospectus sports for the better facility.
 He informed that more than six players of the 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 J&K configured with the Highest Award in coaching Dronacharya Award.
 

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