LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Deoghar, Sept 6: 11-year-old Shraddha Suman of Deoghar has bagged a gold medal in the National Open Taekwondo Championship held at Khel Gaon Ranchi.
More than 900 players from different states participated in the event. She bagged the trophy by beating rivals from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in the finals under 26 kg category.
Talking to Lagatar24.com, the father of Shraddha said that she has been taking training for Judo Karate since the age of three years in New Delhi. “But after shifting here to Deoghar they could not find any training centre for Judo but there was a training centre for Taekwondo run by the District Sports Authority in the indoor stadium. So, he decided to get her trained there. He wanted to make her daughter strong enough for self-defence when she goes to school and college alone and anywhere,” he said.
She has been a gold medallist in the district-level championship for five consecutive times. Not only Taekwondo but she is taking music and dance classes also. Being a teacher by profession her father says, “Let’s give children the opportunity to learn everything and let them decide what to do”.
Apart from Shraddha, two others from Deoghar in different categories have bagged gold medals, one is Jaivir and the other is Pravir Rai who is their coach.
