Kickboxing team shines in National C’ship

Winners posing for a group photograph after the championship.
Winners posing for a group photograph after the championship.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, July 28: The team of Kickboxing brought laurels to Jammu and Kashmir with record medals haul in the Sub-Junior and Junior National Championships held at Kolkata in West Bengal.
Took part in the National event under the banner of Kickboxing Association of J&K, the young J&K teams won 29 medals, including eight gold and nine silver.
In total, a 33-member contingent represented J&K at the National event that took place at Eastern Railway Stadium , Kolkata (W.B) from 21th july to 25th July 2022 and returned with flying colours.
“With the setting up a specialised training facility within MA Stadium by the J&K Sports Council, the Association has been able to groom the young boys and girls as medal winners,” said general secretary of the Association, Abhishek Jain. On the occasion he thanked Secretary Sports Council Mrs. Nuzhat Gul for their continuous support for the uplifting of the sports.
GOLD: Fayaz Furkan, Mehak Jamwal, Nazim Syed, Rahul Bagal, Manik Manhas, Syed Ali Shah, Syed Nazim Fazil Ahmad were among Gold winners, while Simranjeet Singh, Shavi Jamwal, Manik Kumar, Abhimanou Sharma, Simran Magotra, Nitish Jamwal, Syed Ali Shah. Mohd Sameer, Tarun Kumar, Danish Sharma, Jhanvi Jamwal and Fayaz Furkan won Silver Medals and Rajbir Singh, Faraz Ahmad, Manik Manhas, Abhimanyu Sharma, Ayushman Singh, Inayat Tahir, Girish Singh, Mohd Sameer, Simranjeet Singh, Shivansh Sharma and Piyush secured Bronze medals.