SRINAGAR, MAY 08: 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.
Muzaffar 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 bringing 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 medal 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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