Mangaluru: 13-year-old boy bags two gold medals at national level Karate competition
Mangaluru: Ismail Nameer Ruknuddin, a 13-year-old student in Mangaluru, has secured first place in the kata and kumite categories at the national level competition organized by Guru Goju Ryu Karate Academy India. The competition, held in Mangaluru, featured Nameer in the 13-14 age category.
Nameer, currently in the eighth grade at Huda Islamic School in Mangaluru, originally hails from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district. The son of Nisar Ahmed Ruknuddin, Nameer has been residing with his family in Mangaluru for the past few years.
This accomplishment is not Nameer's first in karate. In 2019, he secured the third place at the 24th Asian/International WFSKO Open Karate Championship organized by World Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Organisation in Mumbai.
In 2020, he clinched the first place in the Kata category and secured the third place in the Kumite category at the 5th National level Open Karate Championship – 2020. The event was organized by Shorin – Ryu Karate Association, Moodbidri, in collaboration with M K Ananthraj College of Physical Education, Moodbidri.
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GT buy Washington Sundar for Rs 3.20 crore; Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur go unsold
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The unsold players can find buyers later in the day during the accelerated auction if their names are given by the franchises.
