29-member contingent to compete in the 25th National Junior Wushu Championship
Lucknow: A 29-member Uttar Pradesh team left for Chennai to take part in the 25th National Junior Wushu Championship.
The squad was announced by Manish Kakkar, General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Wushu Association, at a ceremony held after the team’s training camp at Chowk Stadium. Stadium in-charge Musharraf Khan and social worker Salman Nawab Gulam Rasool handed out kits to the selected players and wished them their best.
Kakkar said the state team finished third in the previous edition of the championship. Based on how the players performed in camp, he expressed confidence that the team would do better this time and make the state proud.
The championship will run from 28 October to 2 November in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. During the 15-day camp, the players trained hard under coaches Ramdas Rawat and Amit Rosa.
The Uttar Pradesh squad
Taolu (girls): Angel Kashyap (Lucknow), Hitashi Gupta (Gautam Buddh Nagar), Khushi (Meerut)
Taolu (boys): Shubham Kumar Rawat (Lucknow); Ishan Sharma, Gaurav Kumar and Lakshya Dhiman (all Muzaffarnagar)
Sanda (girls): Shikha (Ghaziabad); Khyati Singh and Kanika (both Meerut); Priyanshi (Shamli); Pratibha and Kirti (both Gautam Buddh Nagar); Riya Panwar (Baghpat)
Sanda (boys): Yash Sisodia, Mayank Rosa, Anshul Bhati and Aditya Bhati (all Gautam Buddh Nagar); Shaurya, Anmol Malik and Nikhil Tomar (all Meerut); Vansh (Gorakhpur); Arpit (Shamli); Shlok Tiwari and Shivam Yadav (both Ghaziabad)
Coaches: Ramdas Rawat, Amit Rosa
Team managers: Pinky, Rajesh
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