Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 27: The 2nd Sanda Cup got underway at MA Stadium, hewre today.
H K Lohia, president of the Association was the chief guest, Ranjeet Kalra presided the function, while Vijay Saraf and Deepak Handa vice-president of the Association were the guests of honour. Hitesh Khullar, AE JKPCC and Amit Gupta were also present on the occasion.
Around 650 participants from 13 districts of the State are taking part in the championship.
Today Sub-junior boys’ weight categories were in the fray for the yellow petal.
The chief guest during the function congratulated the J&K team for winning medals at National and International level.
Kamal Kishore secured bronze medal in the recently held 6th Traditional World Wushu Championship held at China in the month of October 2014, and State team brought 08 medals in the Federation Cup held at Telegana and also congratulated Kuldeep Handoo general secretary of the Association and Chief Coach of India for getting 2 Medals in the 17th Asian Games at Incheon (Korea).
Earlier, the welcome address was presented by the Ranjit Kalra, while Deepak Handa presented the vote of thanks.
The gold medal winners in various categories included Aman Sheikh, Harshit Manhas, Tsering Namgyal, Vikas, Sudanshu Choudhary, Satyam Singh, Irfan and Aakarshit Nanda.