Player latika Bhandari of Madhya Pradesh State Taekwondo Academy has brought laurels to the country and the State by winning a bronze medal in the 14th Taekwondo Open Championship in Ramla, Israel.
latika met the Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare, Yashodhara Raje Scindia on Wednesday and discussed her achievement with her.
Scindia congratulated latika and expressed happiness for her achievement in the international tournament. Scindia encouraged latika to improve her performance in the upcoming tournaments.
Scindia said that the girls of the State are glorifying the name of the state and the country by winning medals in the international tournaments. Joint Director of Sports and Youth Welfare, Vinod Pradhan and Taekwondo Coach BlN Murthy also congratulated latika.
latika Bhandari has bagged the bronze medal in the senior women category (53 kg) of the grade 1 ranking open tournament defeating the player of Sweden. Players from 15 countries took part in the tournament.
Notably, latika had won gold medal at South Asian Games at Guwahati. latika is a Student of Bachelor of Phsical Education (BPE) second year at Barkatullah University, latika had won gold medals in several national games or state level games. She had also bagged gold medals in the All India Inter University Sports tournament, twice.
Minister of State for Higher and Technical Education, Deepak Joshi had felicitated taekwondo player latika Bhandari with shawl, sports kit and memento. He had also announced a cash prize `3 lakh to the player.