With one gold, four silver and three bronze medals, Jammu Kashmir Junior Wushu Team has stayed fifth in the 21st Junior National Wushu Championship held at Calicut, Kerala.
Kaifa Shah of Kashmir won the gold medal in 56 kg while Muhammad Ali, Musharraf, Ajmal, and Ansa Chishti won silver medals, and Muhammad Amir, Vasu and Pulkit Singh won bronze medals.
Kaifa, 16-year-old, a resident of Srinagar’s Rawalpura area started playing wushu since 2013. During this time, she also got injured and was bedridden for six months, but she did not lose heart.
She went on to win her first national medal in 2016 and this time she won a gold medal, she said.
Wushu coach Kuldeep Handoo, who was awarded the Dronacharya Award, praised the Jammu Kashmir team.