Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SAMBA, Nov 12: A student of MV International School, Bhumika Gupta of Class 10, daughter of Rajeev Gupta and Anamika Gupta brought laurels to the School by winning five medals in World Speedball Championship, held at Egypt, recently.
She is the only child from District Samba who is representing India in this International Championship. Teams from 35 countries participated in this event from Yemen, Egypt, Germany, Poland, India, Cambodia, Pakistan, Columbia, Cameroon, Sudan, Romania, Syria, Hungary, Lebanon, Tanzania, Bahrain, Finland, Georgia were some of them.
Bhumika won two silver medals in singles and mixed doubles along with three bronze medals in solo, girls double and mixed relay category.
Indian teams bagged overall 2nd position in this championship after Egypt. School management and staff congratulated and appreciated Bhumika and her coach for adding an international dimension to the School and motivated her to continue excelling in the same spirit.