At least three Taekwondo players, who were trained by an exiled Bhutanese instructor from Phoenix of Arizona, seized various medals during the 16th Golden State Open Taekwondo Championship held in Pomona city, California on April 31.
According to instructor Kaushila Khanal, the participants took part in two events such as Sparring and Poomse during the tournament, and bagged three gold and three silver medals.
Among the participants, both Radhika Subedi and Devin Hernandez snatched gold medals in Sparring and silver medals in Poomse, while the third participant, Anjana Subedi, won a silver in Sparring and a gold medal in Poomse, informed Khanal.
Resettled in America from Beldangi-II Extension, Khanal has been running a taekwondo studio – Smart K Taekwondo Training Center – in Phoenix since April 2011, and has trained 26 students so far.
