BELAGAVI: Judo players from the district showed outstanding performance winning medals at Karnataka State second Mini Olympic Games 2022 held at Bengaluru recently. They won 11 Gold, two Silver and two Bronze medals. Among the girl players- Bhoomika (32 kg category) bagged gold, Amruta Naik (36 kg) – gold, Sweta Alaknur (40 kg) – gold, Sonalika C S (44 kg) – gold, Shagufta Walikar (48 kg) – gold, Aliya (52 kg) – gold, Afrin (57 kg) – gold and Nisha Kangralkar (+57 kg) - bronze medal.
Among boys- Suraj Sawant (40 kg) – gold, Preetam (45 kg) – silver, Amit Kumar (50 kg) – silver, Riyaj Killekar (55 kg) – gold, Abdul (60 kg) – bronze, Irshad (66 kg) – gold and Aryan Dongale (+66 kg) - gold medal. The winners were coached at the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports Judo Center, Belagavi. Judo Coach Rohini Patil and Kutuja Multani guided the players towards success.