Gwalior’s Priyank Bhadoria won the gold at the All India Karate Championship held at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune from June 16. He was part of the Madhya Pradesh Sports Karate Association team and performed excellently in the boy’s category to win the gold.
Niharia Kaurav won the bronze in the women’s 68 kilogram category. Urja Kushwaha in the junior girl’s category and Vaishanavi Pandey of the under 21 category also performed well to come in the top two.
The championship was held under the aegis of the Karate India Organization (KIO) which is affiliated to and recognized by World Karate Federation, Asian Karate Federation and Commonwealth Karate Federation.
Keshav Pandey, President of the Karate Do Association of Gwalior and the office bearers congratulated the team members and the coaches for this excellent performance.