Players of Madhya Pradesh State Taekwondo Academy Kunal Bhosale, Uttara Dandotiya, latika Bhandari and Shashank Singh Patel exhibited a wonderful performance at taekwondo championship and bagged two Gold medals and two silver medals.
In the World Taekwondo Malaysia Open Grade One Championship held in Malaysia Taekwondo Academy's players Kunal Dhosale and Shashank Singh Patel won two Gold and Uttara Dandotiya and latika Bhandari two silver medals for the country. The championship was played from March 1 to 4.
In the championship, Kunal Dhasale has earned a Gold medal with a weight of 73 kg and Shashank Singh Patel of the 78 kg weight category. While Dastotia has secured the silver medal in the category of 51-kg and latika Bhandari bagged the Senior-53 kg.
It is worth mentioning that Shashank Patel has given the country two Golds in Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship and Canada Open Taekwondo championship held in Canada in November,2017. latika Bhandari also won the silver medal in the Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship. Similarly, the player of the Academy, Dandotiya, has given two silver medals to India at the Malaysia Open Taekwondo Championship and Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship.
State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister, Yashodhara Raje Scindia said that in the World Taekwondo Malaysia Open Grade One Championship, Akademi players have won the honour of the country and the State by winning two Golds and two silver medals. She said that Madhya Pradesh is proud of the spectacular performance of the players by the international level. The Sports Minister congratulated the medal winners for their fantastic performance.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain also appreciated the excellent performance of the players of Taekwondo Academy. The players are being trained by chief coach of taekwondo academy BlN Murthy.