Somersaulting School Kids Jashika Khan and Mohd Eizazuddin to Join Sports Authority of India as Trainees After Video Goes Viral
Jashika Khan and Mohd Eizazuddin, two kids whose cartwheel video on social media impressed five-time Olympic gold medallist gymnast Nadia Comaneci, were on Wednesday at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Eastern Centre and will soon be full-time trainees.
Kolkata, September 5: Jashika Khan and Mohd Eizazuddin, two kids whose cartwheel video on social media impressed five-time Olympic gold medallist gymnast Nadia Comaneci, were on Wednesday at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Eastern Centre and will soon be full-time trainees. School Kids in Viral Video Somersaulting in Uniforms and Getting Lauds From Olympic Gold Medalist Nadia Comaneci Identified! Know Who They are.
"The Garden Reach kids, Jashika Khan & Mohd Eizazuddin whose cartwheel video went viral & whom 1976 Olympics champion Gymnast Nadia Comeneci appreciated-both kids were today in SAI Eastern Region in Kolkata.
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SAI will take them in Hostel & train them in Kolkata," SAI regional director Manmeet Singh Goindi said in a media statement."This is awesome," Comaneci had said in a tweet sharing the video. Jashika, 11, and Mohammad Azajuddin, 12, were called to a trial at SAI.
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