<p class="title">Praveen Kumar on Wednesday became the first Indian man to win a Wushu World Championships gold, beating Russel Diaz of Philippines in the 48kg category here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian saw off his Filipino opponent 2-1 in the men's SANDA event of the 15th World Wushu Championships.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praveen had earlier defeated Uzbekistan's Khasan Ikromov 2-0 in the semifinal on Tuesday to set up the summit clash with Diaz.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2017, Pooja Kadian became the first Indian to be crowned world champion in Wushu after she defeated Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia in the women's 75 kg SANDA event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wushu SANDA is a martial art which combines full-contact kickboxing, including close-range punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps and kick catches. </p>
<p class="title">Praveen Kumar on Wednesday became the first Indian man to win a Wushu World Championships gold, beating Russel Diaz of Philippines in the 48kg category here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian saw off his Filipino opponent 2-1 in the men's SANDA event of the 15th World Wushu Championships.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praveen had earlier defeated Uzbekistan's Khasan Ikromov 2-0 in the semifinal on Tuesday to set up the summit clash with Diaz.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2017, Pooja Kadian became the first Indian to be crowned world champion in Wushu after she defeated Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia in the women's 75 kg SANDA event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wushu SANDA is a martial art which combines full-contact kickboxing, including close-range punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps and kick catches. </p>