PANJIM: The World Shotokan Karate Do Academy, Goa, karatekas bagged 7 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze medals at the 34th National WFSKO Open Karate Championship 2023 organised by the World Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Organisation (WFSKO) India, in Mumbai, recently.
Following are the medal winners in different events and categories: Rishabh Chodankar – U-10, 11 colour belt bronze in kata and silver in kumite. Sahaana Naik – U-10,11 colour belt gold in kata. Avni Bhivshet – U-10,11 Brown and Black Belt bronze in kata and kumite. Prachi Nayak – U-12, 13 colour belt bronze in kata and silver in kumite. Zahid Mulla – U-12, 13 colour belt bronze in kata and silver in kumite. Samidha Korgaonkar – U-13, 14 brown and black belt silver in kata. Dhrishit Gadekar – U-13, 14 colour belt gold in kata and bronze in kumite. Sambhav Pednekar – U-12, 13 colour belt bronze in kata. Malaika Rebelo – U-13, 14 brown and black belt gold in kata and silver in kumite.
Derick Rebelo – U-14, 15 brown and black belt bronze in kata. Keerthi Porgia – U-14, 15 colour belt gold in kata and kumite.
Rahul Matondkar – U-16, 17 colour belt gold in kata. Archita Naik – U-16, 18 brown and black belt bronze in kata and gold in kumite. There were more than 1,000 participants from across the country namely Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa (the World Shotokan Karate Do Academy team consisting of 13 participants), Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka etc.
