City skater for tourney in Columbia

Vijayawada skater Shubhra Tatiya who was selected for the World Artistic Skating Championship in Columbia. —Photo: By Arrangement
Vijayawada skater Shubhra Tatiya who was selected for the World Artistic Skating Championship in Columbia. —Photo: By Arrangement
Fifteen-year-old city skater Shubhra Tatiya is all set to take wings to Columbia to compete in the World Artistic Roller-skating Championship to be held from September 19 to 25, according to Krishna District Skating Association secretary Durga Prasad here on Wednesday.

He said the event staged at Cali City will feature four more Indian skaters — Boppana Nishank (figure skating), Arun Kumar, Farheen (both free style and pair skating) and Anup Kumar Yama (inline free skating).

“Tatiya will take part in the figure skating event and she will be performing as per the theme given by the judges. She came to us six years ago and from then she has been regularly winning medals for Andhra Pradesh. She hones her skills at the skating rink behind the DRRMC Indoor Stadium,” said Mr Durga Prasad.

The teenager, a junior Intermediate student with Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala, qualified for the world championship by faring well in the selection meet held in Ahmedabad early this year. She also took part in the earlier edition of the world championship in China but could not win a medal. He said Tatiya will be trained by former Indian coach Satyanarayana of Vizag.

SAAP board member B. Hanumantha Rao and District Sports Development Officer P. Ramakrishna congratulated her for making it to the premier event.

Shubhra Tatiya will compete in the World Artistic Roller-skating Championship to be held at Cali City from September 19 to 25

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / by Special Correspondent / Vijayawada – September 10th, 2015

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