Sadia Tariq a 15 year old girl from Srinagar has won gold at the Moscow Wushu Stars Championship taking place in the Russian capital from February 22 to 28.
The 15-year-old from Srinagar participated in the Moscow Wushu Stars championship amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The young athlete, who has won the gold medal in the Junior National Wushu championship for the past two years, won the top honours in the Russian capital on Friday.
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Advisor to LG and Vice President Sports Council Farooq Khan greeted the player for winning gold medal in Moscow Wushu Stars Championship held in Russia this week.
“We are proud of Sadiq Tariq for bringing laurels for the country at the International arena by winning gold medal in Moscow Wushu Stars Championship,” Khan asserted.
He said that India especially Jammu and Kashmir is proud of 15-year-old Sadiq Tariq for her brilliant performance in the international level tournament.
Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department, Alok Kumar, also congratulated Tariq and Sports Council.
Advisor Khan also congratulated National Chief Coach Wushu and CEO, Kuldeep Handoo, President J&K Wushu Association, Vijay Saraf for training Sadia and her colleagues.
Advisor Khan thanked MYAS and the Sports Authority of India for sanctioning, facilitating and ensuring participation of Indian team in Moscow Wushu Stars championship.
He hoped that Sadia Tariq will perform better in Youth Asian Games slated to be held in the month of December in China.
The youngster who won the gold in Moscow is also a two-time gold medalist in the Junior National Wushu championship. Sadia Tariq was earlier shortlisted by the Wushu Association of India’s technical committee for the Moscow Wushu Stars championship for the year, after she won the top prize back to back in the Junior National Wushu championship.
Based in Srinagar, Tariq had most recently secured the Gold medal in the 20th Junior National Wushu championship held at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar. The J&K Wushu team had come overall 3rd in the Medal tally. The youngster is one to watch for the upcoming Youth Asian Games slated to be held in the month of December in China. The Moscow Wushu Stars championship, which Tariq won the medal in, is the approved event in the Annual Calendar Training and Competition of the Sports Authority of India.
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