SRINAGAR,
MAY 09: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed
Shah, Tuesday felicitated Mansha Bashir and Jehangir Ahmad Shah who
represented the Indian national team and won gold and silver medals at the
International Taekwondo Championship held last month in Malaysia.
Muzafar
Sheikh from Kupwara who trains Taekwondo sportspersons at his MTC club at
Rajbagh here and coached the Indian team for the championship was also
felicitated by the DC on the occasion.
The DC
lauded the sportspersons for brining laurels to the State and assured them of
all possible assistance and promotion from the district administration.
Mansha
who won the gold medal in the championship has previously won the silver middle
at the 13th AU Taekwondo Championship Princess Cup held last year in Bangkok.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had sponsored her for the championship.
The
achievement and her sports skills have won her selection for the World
Taekwondo Federation Cup to be held in Australia. She is also the only Taekwondo
sportsperson from the State to have been selected for the National Institute of
Sports six-week certification course in Karela.
Dr.
Shah while congratulating her said Mansha represents the immense potential and
talent in girls in the State and urged one and all to encourage them in their
sports and academic endeavours.
The
three were also recently felicitated by the Union Sports Ministry in New Delhi
upon returning from Kuala Lumpur.
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