Telangana State judokas excel in Lucknow

Hyderabad: Telangana managed to bag seven medals in the recently held sixth National Judo Championship at the Babu Singh Badminton Stadium in Lucknow.  

Telangana led by coach MA Aziz managed to clinch a gold, a silver, and 5 bronze medals for its outstanding performance in various categories. Participants of the 28 membered brigade also made the state proud by securing the 2nd position in the junior category of the all India championship.

While K Shiv Kumar received the gold medal under the above 70 kg category and Sujit was awarded the silver for his performance in the "50 kg above" category. Hasan Ali Bawazir, Md Sohail, Ghazansarullah Khan, G Venkatesh and Nagaraj secured bronze medals in their respective divisions.