An orphan tribal boy, Babulu Munda, of Sialijoda village under Deojhar GP in Keonjhar district has brought glory to Odisha by bagging silver medal in the 42 kg sub-junior category of Sanshou in the 7th World Junior Wushu Championship held from July 10 to 16 in Brasilia, Brazil.
He reached the final after defeating his counterparts from Peru and Iran in quarterfinal and semifinal, respectively. Babulu, a Class-VIII student, made rigorous preparation including training in China for the world championship.
He had won silver medal in the 17th Sub-Junior Wushu National Championship held from March 27 to 31, 2018 at Jammu and Kashmir.
In championship the Indian team has won four silver and five bronze medals.
The JSPl Foundation had identified the sporting talent of Babulu and has been extending all round support for his participation in State and National level championships since 2011.
He was also under training of Asian Indoor Games kickboxing medalist Pankaj Kumar Mahanta.
Congratulating Babulu foundation co-chairperson Shallu Jindal said, Babulu would bring more laurels for India and would inspire others to win in international sports.