PANJIM: The students of Thivim Karate Dojo bagged 24 gold medals, 16 silver and 31 bronze at the 3rd IJKAI State Karate Tournament, held at Badminton Indoor Stadium, Mapusa, recently. A total of 400 students participated from all over Goa.
The medal winners of Thivim include: Sanvee Jadhav (gold and bronze medals), Meryl Fernandes (2 bronze medals), Kanak Bagkar (gold and silver medals), Maithali Parab (2 gold medals), Khushi Kalangutkar (2 gold medals), Gunjan Vengurlekar (bronze medal), Grace Fernandes (gold and silver medals), Shamika Salgaonkar (2 gold medals), Pallavi Kalangutkar (2 gold medals), Mahiya Parab (2 gold medals), Angaja Chari (2 silver medals), Anvita Banaulikar (1 gold medal), Anushka Naik (2 gold medals), Varad Korgaonkar (2 bronze medals), Sharav Naik (gold and bronze medal), Krunal Kalyankar (silver and bronze medals), Aryan Shinde (silver and bronze medals), Maheer Doddamani (2 bronze medals), Ehaan Kamat (gold and bronze medals), Ricean Rodrigues (bronze medal),Tanay Kauthankar (2 bronze medals), Franzer De Sousa (gold and bronze medals), Anrice Rodrigues (2 bronze medals), Manoj Gundenhalli (gold medal), Nishant Malgi (gold and silver medals), Jeremiah Fernandes (bronze medal), Ritvik Parsekar (gold and bronze medals), Mahaj porob (silver and bronze medals), Suresh Bagkar (2 bronze medals), Vicky Pednekar (silver medal), Jeevan Bodke (gold and silver medals), Mihir Kolgaonkar (gold and bronze medals), Adarsh Nair (silver and bronze medals), Pratik Arkasali (bronze medal), Parth walavalkar (bronze medal), Kartik Nair (silver and bronze medals), Meet Gadekar (silver medal), Swarit Ghanekar (bronze and silver medals), Shan Kauthankar (silver and bronze medals), Aditya Sawant (silver and bronze medals).
Players who participated were trained under Sensei – Sandesh Santosh Kolikar (Black belt 3rd Dan) and coach of Thivim IJKAI Dojo (chief instructor of IJKAI-Goa) Sensei Mahendra Naik.
