Soumya Verma shines at intl-level yoga
   Date :08-Nov-2020

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Staff Reporter :
 
RAIPUR,
 
SOUMYA Verma, a student of Columbia Global School, Raipur brought laurels to Raipur and the country by securing third place in the online International Yoga Sports Competition, Asia and Oceania Region held recently. The online competition included participants from India, Canada, Italy, USA, Sweden, Mexico, Argentina, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Australia, Belgium, Mongolia, Malaysia and many more countries. Soumya Verma, a Class 4 student performed brilliantly in the competition securing third place in the girls 9 to 11 years category and made Chhattisgarh and India proud with this achievement.
 
In this competition, Sakshi Verma, a student of Grade 8 of Columbia School was also selected in the national level competition and represented the country but missed out a medal. Soumya has been selected for the next phase of the competition is the Continental Tournament to be held live on the Zoom App at 4.30 pm on November 17. It is worth noting that for this competition, state-level selection was done in which three students of Columbia Global School - Soumya Verma, Muskan Verma and Sakshi Verma were selected.
 
Later, Soumya Verma and Sakshi Verma were selected at the national level. Chairman of Janapragati Education Society Kishore Jadwani, Secretary Harjeet Singh Hura, Director Mpower V K Govind Mudliar, Director of Columbia Global School Ravinder Singh Hura, Principal Ivan Smith and the entire school family including coach Namesh Kumar Sahu blessed the students and extended best wishes for the upcoming competition.