Players trained by resettled Bhutanese seize medals

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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.

Instructor Khanal with medalists

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.

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  1. I like to congratulate Kaushila Khanal and the participants for successfully snatching the gold medals in the international competition. It is their hard work and is a real success story and enriching experiences for all of them. Kaushila you have a great interest and vigor for the games, keep it up. I am pretty sure that you have more to do, to reach the heights of success, and you will definitely do it.
    DB Adhikari.