Shashank Singh Patel, taekwondo player of Madhya Pradesh Taekwondo Academy brought laurels to the country by winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship 2017 held in Canada.
Shashank exhibited an impressive performance and bagged a gold medal at Canadian Open Taekwondo Championship.
In the Commonwealth Taekwondo championship, Shashank Singh Patel defeated Canadian player in the final round, while at Canadian Open Taekwondo Championship, he defeated a player from the USA. Giving a tough fight to both the players, he managed to bag two gold medals at the championships. He won the medal in the junior category of both the championships – 78 kg.
Similarly, Academy's player latika Bhandari won a silver medal in the Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship. latika Bhandari defeated the player in the semi-finals and defeated the player in the final bagging a silver medal in the final match. latika Bhandari won this medal in the Senior category of 53 kg.
State Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia said that our players, both boys and girls, have played brilliantly at the Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship have brought laurels not only to the country, but also to the State by winning two gold medals and one silver medal.
Here on Friday, both the players had a formal meeting with Scindia wherein they shared their experiences at Commonwealth Championship. She said that it is a moment of pride as the players of Madhya Pradesh are displaying their talent at international platform.
The Sports Minister congratulated both the players for this fantastic performance. On this eve, the Director Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain also congratulated the players of Taekwondo Academy expressing his happiness over this achievement. The players are being trained by Chief Coach of the academy BlN Murthy.