SRINAGAR- A 19-year-old boy from South Kashmir’s Shopian district has brought laurels to Jammu and Kashmir by bagging gold medal in 2nd Indian Open Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championship, which was held from 2nd to 4th December 2022 at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Rizwan Riyaz, a resident of Shadab Karewa area in Shopian district, is pursuing bachelor’s degree from Government Degree College Shopian and wants to participate in mega international events.
Rizwan Riyaz said that he was happy to win the gold medal at the national level in martial arts and he will work hard as his dream is to reach international level.
He said that he was interested in martial arts since his childhood and started his journey in 9th class and has been giving training to interested youth.
“I am very happy to win this medal and am trying to work hard and further excel and perform well at the mega stages,” he added.
Rizwan has come up with a small academy in Shopian where both boys and girls are getting training.
“I have started a small academy as well where I am training both boys and girls who are interested in this field so that they can perform well wherever they will get opportunity and to keep them away from drug addiction,” he said. (KNO)
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