Jagruth from Bengaluru has done the country proud by winning two medals — one gold and one silver — at the 10th World Karate Cup-2017 held in Croatia in June. My aim is to win a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics,” said Jagruth, who has been learning karate for six years. “This is the first ever gold medal for India in the world karate championship,” said M.G. “He practises for three hours daily on weekdays and close to five hours on weekends,” Mr. Prasad said. There was only a time gap of 2-3 minutes between the finals of Kata and Kumite,” said Mr. Prasad.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2017 18:45 UTC