PANAJI
Eight students of the Taekwondo Academy of Vasco were part of a mass taekwondo lesson in Hyderabad, Telangana, recently, which, according to a press release issued by the academy, resulted in a Guinness World Record for the largest taekwondo lesson.
The participants from Goa were Om Pungaonkar, Maheshwari P Maurya, Zayan Valencia Fernandes, Zanya Queenie Fernandes, Kaustubh T Gawas, Sharanya Singh, Srinithi S Mahale and Nathan Bernard Rodrigues. They were trained by coach Mahadev Chavan, a fifth Dan black belt, national medallist and national referee.
The participants were felicitated at a programme held at Ravindra Bhavan, Baina, Vasco, on November 5, where they were presented with certificates and medals. Mormugao MLA and SIDCGL chairman Sankalp Amonkar, GHRDC vice-chairman and BJP Goa Pradesh secretary Deepak Naik, Taekwondo Academy of Vasco president Manjushree Chavan, and Ravindra Bhavan chairman Jayant Jadhav were present.
