Mangaluru: The members of D.K. District Wushu Association, bagged one gold and four silver medals in the 15th State Wushu Championship held from August 25 to 28 at Chithradurga. 

Sitting L-R: Balakrishna Alva(Treasurer) , Haruka Ito (Technical Director) , Praveen Kumar (President) Vinod Ullal(Coach)

Standing L-R: ZatinDeori, Maruth Alva, Namrasha Ganiga, Bhoomika Kumar, Syed Thafazul

This championship was organised by Chithradurga District. Wushu Association under the auspices of Karnataka Wushu Association is recognised by Sports Authority of Karnataka and affiliated to Karnataka Olympic Association.

The eight member team which took part in the Sanshou (fighting) event of the Championship were quite new to this art, but still managed to display a stunning performance at the tournament. Namrasha N Ganiga won Gold medal in her weight category and was selected for the National Championship to be held at Pune later this year. Other members who won silver medals are Maruth Alva, Zatin Deori, Bhoomika R Kumar and Syed Thafazul. 

The members of D.K. team were trained by Vinod Ullal. He is also a qualified Wushu State Referee.