NRI PULSE NEWS DESK

Atlanta residents Vikram Chaudhary and Sunil Sharma excelled at the 16th United States National Taekwondo Federation International Taekwondo Championship held at Tifton College Stadium in Chicago, Illinois July 25 to 27, 2008.

Vikram Chaudhary competed in the Senior Black Belt 1st Dan Poomse Category and won 1 Gold Medal & 2 Silver Medals defeating Michael from California, Oscar and Nester from Chicago. Vikram gave a tough fight to Oscar Ortiz from Chicago with high kicks in sparring and excellent powerful techniques and won Silver Medal in the Gyroogi Competion.

In the Breaking Competition, whereas the other players broke one wooden plank with simple kicks, Vikram Chaudhary broke two boards with jumping high roundhouse kick. Vikram received applause from the hall full of spectators with the cheers, clappings and victory shouting.

The competition was organized in various events like Black Belt Category, Senior Black Belt Category & Junior Black Belt Category. Vikram was also selected to officiate as a Judge & Central Referee for the Color Belt Taekwondo Category. He is also a well known Judge and Referee at the various State, National & International Taekwondo Events organized all over the Country.

Yogakondo Grand Master Sunil D. Sharma demonstrated a combination of roundhouse and back spinning kicks with amazing speed at his opponent Arthur from Puerto Rico which won him a Gold Medal in the Senior Black Belt Category. Grand Master Sunil Sharma also won Silver Medal in the 16th USNTF International Poomse Taekwondo Championships held at Chicago, Illionois between July 25th and 27th, 2008.