{"id":7409,"date":"2025-12-19T17:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=7409"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:41:41","slug":"kupwaras-rashid-shafi-strikes-gold-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/kupwaras-rashid-shafi-strikes-gold-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Kupwara\u2019s Rashid Shafi strikes gold in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Srinagar, Dec 19:\u00a0<\/strong>Kupwara Vilgam\u2019s Rashid Shafi has won a gold medal at a Wushu championship in Sweden. He says his victory is the result of never giving up and keeping faith.<\/p>\n

Hailed as a rising star in martial arts, Rashid was accorded a warm and festive welcome by his family, neighbours and supporters upon his return home.<\/p>\n

The entire locality celebrated his achievement with cheers, firecrackers and slogans praising his dedication and success.<\/p>\n

Expressing gratitude after his triumph, Rashid said he dedicated his success to his coaches and supporters who guided him throughout his journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thankful to Almighty Allah for blessing me with this grand success. My coach Aijaz Hasan stood by me through all challenges and I am equally thankful to my chief coach, Kuldeep Handu, whose training made this possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rashid, who began his Wushu journey in 2016, said the championship in Sweden was a challenging experience. \u201cI had to face tough opponents from Italy, Bangladesh, and the host country Sweden and winning gold against them feels incredible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Recalling his struggles, Rashid said he faced several hardships and even sustained injuries during his training, but motivation from his coach kept him focused.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were moments of doubt and demotivation, but my coach reminded me that perseverance brings results. Today, I have made it possible for my region to hold its first-ever gold medal in Wushu,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also dedicated his success to his parents for their unconditional support.<\/p>\n

Calling upon the youth of Kashmir to choose sports over harmful habits, Rashid said, \u201cSports offer a bright future. I appeal to the youth to come forward and engage in sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also urged the government to improve training infrastructure and support budding athletes. \u201cMore focus is needed on sports promotion so that more youth are attracted to the field and our region continues to shine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Terming Rashid\u2019s feat as a \u2018historic and proud moment\u2019 for Kupwara, his trainer Aijaz Hasan said it was the result of years of disciplined training and perseverance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis medal means a lot for Kupwara and the entire UT. It\u2019s the first time our region has bagged gold at such an international Wushu event,\u201d he said, lauding the support of the J&K Sports Council and police authorities for encouraging youth talent\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar, Dec 19:\u00a0Kupwara Vilgam\u2019s Rashid Shafi has won a gold medal at a Wushu championship in Sweden. He says his victory is the result of never giving up and keeping faith. Hailed as a rising star in martial arts, Rashid was accorded a warm and festive welcome by his family, neighbours and supporters upon his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7411,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions\/7411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}