It was a first for Indian karate team who returned successful from Commonwealth Karate Championship held in Edinburgh.
Indian team wins two gold and five bronze medals at Commonwealth meet
MUMBAI: It was a first for Indian karate team who returned successful from Commonwealth Karate Championship held in Edinburgh.
According to All India Karate Federation, the16-member team for the championship created history by securing two golds and five bronze medals.
The AIKF officials - Sensei Karate Thigarajan, president, chief coach and vice president Kyoshi Vispy B Kapadia on Wednesday night felicitated youngsters at the Cricket Club of India. “The students have made us proud by creating history in Karate. It is a proud moment for the Karate fraternity,” said Vispy after felicitating the young Karatekas’.
Vispy who was also the chief coach of the team which toured with the team did expect the kids to perform so well. “It was completely surprising. Nobody expected that we would do so well in the championship. Once we started winning the bronze medal, our hunger for more wins began,” he added.
Coach Salauddin Ansari said the current state of Karate has not that been great. “It is the second most played sport in the country. But we hardly manage to get any sponsors for the events not even the government gives us the required financial support. All the participants had to put money from their own pocket to represent the country,” he added.
Villa Teresa school’s Natalia Dalal, who bagged bronze in the Team Kata event was elated with her team’s performance in the Commonwealth Games. “It was simply superb.
We hardly expected any medal and were a bit nervous. But once we gained the confidence then there was no stopping for us,” she added.
Dalal’s team-mate Monali Roy said it was the team effort that led to the victory. “We played like a team. We had met just a day before the event but we gelled very well together once the tournament started. Hope we continue in the same form in future,” she added.
Results: Anirudh Sakpal (St. Xavier’s Academy (1gold, 2 bronze medal)), Seeta Salgia Patel (Cathedral & John Connon School (1 gold, 1 bronze), Arzoo Jain (NSS Hill Spring International School (3 bronze), Behram V Kapadia (Cathedral & John Connon School (1 bronze)), Ayaan Ansari (Church Christ School (1 bronze), Natalia Dalal (Villa Teresa School (1 bronze), Monali Roy (Villa Teresa School (1 bronze), Shrishti Godbole (Bombay Scotish 1 bronze).
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