By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 31st
July:- Khushi Pandey and Keshav Kunal Pandey, both students of I S Dev
Samaj Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, Chandigarh have been selected for
‘Belt and Road International Judo Tournament’ which is going to be held at Yiwu
City, China from August 1.
Both students along with
their team coach Bhagwan Singh and team manager Govind Singh will depart on
Wednesday for China.
16 countries like India,
China, South Korea, North Korea, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, UAE,
Kazakhstan etc from across the world will participate in the tournament. The
Judo tourney which will start on August 1 will culminate on August 5.
In the tournament,
16-year-old, Keshav Kunal Pandey will compete in U-60 kg weight category, while
16-year-old Khushi Pandey will participate in U-40 kg category.
Keshav, who started judo
at the age of 8, has been persistently winning the Gold medal in the State Judo
Championship for the last six years and is very excited to don the Indian
colours at the International tourney.
He said that it’s for the
first time that he will be competing at an International level and he is
waiting excitedly to compete in the tournament. He is confident of a good
performance. Keshav added that he is
grateful to his coach Bhagwan Sir and also Govind Sir, who have not only
coached him but have acted like mentors. It’s their guidance which has made him
a good judoka,
Khushi Pandey, an interschool
and state champion said that representing your country always gives you a great
feeling, which you can’t describe in words. She is not nervous but a bit
excited to compete in the tournament. She will play her natural game and will
try to execute the strategy, which we have learned during the preparation.
Bhagwan Singh, a judo coach
said that it’s for the first time that both players representing India in this
tournament are from I S Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School. As soon as we got
the invitation to participate in the event, we pulled up our socks from the
very first day. During the preparation, we worked hard on the judokas’ skill
sets, strength and conditioning. He is hopeful that they will secure a medal.
Govind Singh, team
manager added that Khushi and Keshav are both exceptionally talented players.
It’s a good opportunity for both players to compete with foreign players and to
showcase their talent.
Loveleen Bedi,
Principal of I S Dev Samaj School and Sabeeha Dhillon Mangat, Chief
Coordinator congratulated and gave the young judokas their best wishes.
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