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Sadia achieved this feat while defeating her opponent from Russia in the final bout of the ongoing championship.

The golden girl of Kashmir Sadia Tariq Saturday turned international champion by bagging gold medal in the final bout of the ongoing Moscow Wushu Stars championship being held in Moscow, Russia from February 22 to February 28.

Sadia achieved this feat while defeating her opponent from Russia in the final bout of the ongoing championship.

She played a total of three fights in the championship and defeated her opponents from Kazakhstan, Czech Republic and Russia.

She is also two times consecutive gold medalist in Junior National Wushu championships.

Earlier, She had been shortlisted by the Wushu Association of India, a technical committee for the Moscow Stars Wushu championship.

Sadia was the only Wushu player from J&K who took part in the championship among the 38 contingents of players which included 23 junior and 15 senior Wushu players from across India.

15-year-old Sadia Tariq hails from Central Kashmir’s Bemina Srinagar area and is currently studying in 10th Standard in Presentation Convent School, Rajbagh Srinagar.

She has recently secured Gold medal in the 20th Junior National Wushu Championship held at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, in which the J&K Wushu team stood third in the overall medal tally.

While talking to Rising Kashmir National Chief Coach of India (Wushu) Kuldeep Handoo said that Sadia has earned a berth for the NCOE, for the preparation of the Youth Asian Games Scheduled to be held in December 2022 in China.

“The Sports Authority of India has accepted the recommendations of the Wushu Association of India to enroll best probables for the Youth Asian Games in the different National Central of Excellence,” he said.

He informed that from Jammu and Kashmir more than five Wushu players will be shortlisted for the NCOE.

“Sadia Tariq is one of the best probable to get the medal for the country and the J&K in the upcoming Youth Asian Games,” he added.

Sadia’s father, Tariq Lone said that he is really proud of his daughter for achieving this feat at such a young age as she has been working hard since she started playing this game.

“She  not only make her parents  proud but all the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said, and added “I express my gratitude to the people of J&K for showering their love, support and prayers for Sadia.”

While taking to micro blogging social media site twitter handler, the former Chief Minister of J&K Omar Abdullah also congratulated Sadia for winning gold in the international arena.

“Congratulations to Sadia for the gold medal. Congratulations are also due to @Kuldeep_handoo, the National coach for Wushu, for his leadership & training to get these sportspersons to this level,(Sic)” he tweeted.