Mangalore, Feb 19, 2014: Two outstanding young karatekars of Mangalore have made the city proud by bagging eight medals in the All India Open Karate Championship held in Vishakhapatnam recently.
Saloni Poojari of Amrita Vidyalaya and Sweekrath Salian of BGS Education Centre, Kavoor are the talented children. They are being coached at the Bharathiya Vidyabhavan Institute of Karate and Allied Arts.
Saloni won five gold medals in kumite (40-45 kg category), individual kata, team kata, weapon and rotation team kumite events. On the other hand, Sweekrath bagged three medals including gold medals in team kata and kumite (40-45 kg) and silver in individual Kata (12-16 years category).