City fighters win medals at National Kickboxing Championships

The medal winners — (from left - front row) M. Satyanand, Md. Adnaan, Afreed Khan, Mohamed Abaan, Manav D. Sangwan, Ahmed, Mohamed Eshan and Syed Abubakar — are seen with Elite Academy Founder and Chief Instructor Mohamed Farjath Iyaz and Manager Sameena Tabbasum.

Fighters of Elite Academy, Mysuru, have excelled in the WAKO National Kickboxing Championships-2021 organised by Amateur Sports Kickboxing Association, Maharashtra, at Balewadi, Pune, in September.

Syed Abubakar clinched Gold medals in the Seniors Category while M. Satyanand bagged Gold and Silver Medal in the Sub-Junior category.

Ahmed, Mohammed Adnaan, Mohamed Abaan and Mohamed Eshan won Gold Medal and Afreed Khan won Gold and Silver Medals in the Junior Category. Manav D. Sangwan won Gold Medal in Youngest Cadets.

All the fighters are trained by Mohamed Farjath Iyaz, Chief Instructor and Founder of Elite Academy.

The events, subject to Government approval, will act as selection trials for the upcoming Asian Kickboxing Championships. Over 1,500 participants from all over India, nearly 21 States took part in this event which was divided into 7 categories (Musical Form, Point Fighting, Kick Light, Low Kick, Light Contact, Full Contact and K-1).

This post was published on January 8, 2022 5:37 pm