15 champion judokas in one UP village

UP Olympic Association Secretary General and international judo referee Munawar Anzar points out that the state now has three international judokas: Garima Chaudhary from Meerut, Arjuna Award recipient Akram Shah from Saharanpur and Ram Asrey.

"Both Garima and Ram Asrey have won gold for India in Mauritius, where the country has already won 12 junior and senior gold medals in the judo championship," Anzar said.

But Ram Asrey isn't the only one doing Bhatti proud.

His coach Lal Kumar says the list of the village's judo champions also includes his elder brother German Yadav, now a CRPF employee based in Delhi. Between them, the two brothers have over 30 judo medals, won at state, national and international levels.

Bhatti's other promising judokas - who have ended up on the victory podium in national school games, sub junior, junior and senior championships - include Brijesh, just 10, to Bechu, 18.

Also on the list are Subhash Yadav, Rahul Rai, Kanhaiya Yadav, Manoj Pal, Ganesh Yadav, Shiv Kumar, Radhey Pal, Avdhesh Kumar and Shambhu Pal who is now employed with the Sashastra Seema Bal...

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Article taken from the issue: 28 Jan 2008