City kickboxers shine at Intl. Championship

Seen in the picture are (from left - front row) D. Pruthvi, Suhas, M. Srivatsav, Pooja Harsha, Chairman of WAKO Women Committee, T.P. Dushyanth, Harsha Shankar, Head Coach of ASD Fight Club, Sidharth Gowda, H.M. Srihari and S. Tarun; (back row) B.T. Tejas, A. Ranjith, K.P. Abhishek and Ritvik Nagabhushan.

The following kickboxers of ASD Fight Club, Mysuru, have bagged medallist the WAKO Indian Open International kickboxing Championship held at Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi recently:

K.P. Abhishek – Gold Medal in 81 kg in K1; M. Srivatsav – Gold in 60 kg in K1; Ritvik Nagabhushan – Gold in +94 kg in Kick Light and Gold in +94 kg in Light Contact; A. Ranjith – Gold in 84 kg in Kick Light and Bronze in 84 kg in Light Contact; Sidharth Gowda – Gold in -47 kg in Light Contact and Silver in -47 kg in Kick Light; B.T. Tejas – Gold in -63 kg in Light Contact and Silver in -63kg in Kick Light; S. Tarun – Silver in -63 kg in Light Contact and Bronze in -63kg in Kick Light; H.M. Srihari – Silver in -57 kg in Light Contact and Bronze in -57 kg in Kick Light; Suhas – Silver in -79 kg in Kick Light and Bronze in -79 kg in Light Contact; T.P. Dushyanth – Bronze in -25kg in Point Fighting; D. Pruthvi – Bronze in -74 kg in Kick Light.

Over 700 athletes participated in this mega event and countries like Jordan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Ukraine, and Nepal took part in the Championship.

The WAKO International Referee Seminar was held during the Championship and 8 kickboxers of ASD have been qualified as an WAKO International Referee and Judges. They also received there Black Belt during the occasion.

This post was published on March 2, 2020 4:05 pm