Taekwondo
Fujairah Open Taekwondo: India wins six medals across age groups
Indian taekwondo players won six medals across different age groups in the recently concluded Fujairah Open 2023.
Aryan Hooda (left), Shivansh Tyagi (center), and Saksham Yadav (right) were the medallists from Fujairah Open 2023
Indian taekwondo players put up a good show at World Ranking G2 10th Fujairah Open 2023, held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates winning six medals in total.
India won three silver and three bronze medals across the Junior, Cadet, and Senior categories.
Aryan and Saksham take silver in Junior Category
Saksham Yadav won silver in Junior Female under 44kg after losing to Gulnaz Kabiulla of Kazakhstan in a closely fought final.
This is the second medal for the youngster from Haryana as she had won the gold medal in the 9th edition of the Fujairah Open in under 42 kg.
Saksham who trains at the Taekwondo Center of Tau Devi Lal stadium in Panchkula has also won gold at the National Ranking tournament in Nashik last year.
Another medal in the junior category came from Aryan Hooda who also trains in the Taekwondo center of Panchkula. Aryan won the silver medal after going down against Nursulton of Uzbekistan in the finals of under 73 kg.
Shivansh and Kashish win in Seniors
Currently ranked 50th in the Men's 74 kg category, Shivansh bagged the bronze medal in the Senior 74 Kg category.
The 23-year-old won three fights against opponents from Morroco, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan before losing in the semi-finals to Amirhossein of UAE.
With a spot at Paris 2024 Olympics in sight, Shivansh is preparing for World Championships.
Another bronze medal came when Kashish Malik lost to Tina Modanlou of Iran in the women's 57 kg category.
Sonia won the bronze medal in the Senior Women's 46 kg category and Mayank Chaudhary won the silver medal in the Cadets 57 kg category.
