The players of Madhya Pradesh State Taekwondo Academy are exhibiting their talent on national and international platforms and are achieving success. Again, the players of taekwondo academy Shashank Singh Patel and Anshi Dandautia will represent team India on an international platform.
The players will be participating in Youth Olympic Qualification Tournament and World Junior Taekwondo Championship -2018. Notably, the Youth Olympic Tournament will be held at Hammamet Tunisia on April 6 and 7.
Shashank Singh and Anshu Dandautia players of Madhya Pradesh State Taekwondo Academy will be representing team India in World Junior Taekwondo Championship to be held in Tunisia from April 9 to 13.
Shashank Singh Patel - 78 kgs weight and Anshu Dandotiya - 51 kgs will be present in the class. Both the players have been selected in Selection Trial organized from 8 to 11 March in Dhanbad. Shashank Singh Patel, in two tough matches, and Anshu Dandotiya defeated the four players, due to which they were selected in the Indian team.
State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated the audience on the selection of Academy's players Shashank Singh Patel and Anshu Dandautiya and gave them best wishes while encouraging them to perform well in Tunisia.
Meanwhile, Yash Pradhan of Madhya Pradesh State Judo Academy won a silver medal while exhibiting a grand performance in the Senior Boys and Girls National Judo Competition held in Jammu. He also got qualified for the Madhya Pradesh Judo Men Team for the National Games to be held in Goa in November, 2018.
Yash Pradhan won the Silver Medal by defeating the players of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in the competition.
Minister of Sports and Youth Werlfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated Yash for this achievement. It is worth mentioning that Yash Pradhan has been training for judo sports under the guidance of international coach Kamla Rawat, Chief Instructor of Judo Academy for the last 5 years.