Kumta (Uttar Kannada District), KARNATAKA :
Kumta:
Once again, a young sportsman of the town, Naazim Javed Khan has made the entire town proud after qualifying to represent India in ‘ITTF Para Table Tennis Spanish Open’, which will be held at Barcelona in Spain from 7th to 11th June 2018. Around 9 players from various states including Naazim Javed Khan and two others from Karnataka have been selected for this championship game in Spain.
Speaking to SahilOnline Kumta correspondent, Naazim said that he obtained two years of coaching in Maharashtra Mandal table tennis club at Hubli. As a player, he always participated in various levels of table tennis games held across the country. Recently, a team of 9 players from across India was selected by Indian Table Tennis Federation to represent India in Spain, which included him too. VRL will be the official sponsor for Naazim.
It may be noted that, Naazim had represented India in the ‘Para Asian Regional Table Tennis Championship’ in August 2017 in China and had also participated at ‘Para Table Tennis Games’ held in Thailand in 2013. Other than this, Naazim is a student of Karnataka Institute of Medical Science (KIMS) in Hubli, studying MBBS.
As the news of his selection made rounds on social media platforms, the smiles and happiness spread among the people of Kumta and many expressed their best wishes for his upcoming games in Barcelona, Spain.
On this occasion, various organizations of Kumta including the management of Kumta Jamatul Muslimeen, North Kanara Muslim United Forum, Kumta Muslim Association, and Al-Ittihad Youth Committee Kumta have congratulated him and wished him all the success in the upcoming games.
Team SahilOnline also wishes all the best for his upcoming games.
source: http://www.sahilonline.net / Sahil Online / Home / source: S.O. News Service / Coastal News – National News / by Sajjad Qazi / June 02nd, 2018