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Delhi High Court clears Taekwondo athlete Kashish Malik for 2026 Asian Games
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The Indian Express
The Delhi High Court has dismissed athlete Aranaya Thakur’s review plea against the July 1 judgment favouring fellow athlete Kashish Malik’s candidature for India’s women’s Under-57 kg Taekwondo event at the 2026 Asian Games.
Kashish Malik had secured third place in the qualifying Senior Asian Taekwondo Championship in the -53 kg category, while Aranaya Thakur secured ninth place in the qualifying Senior Asian Taekwondo Championship.
The order dated June 23 passed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports rejected the candidature of Kashish Malik.
Aranaya, who was one of the respondents in the petition, subsequently filed a review petition.
The court observed that Aranaya Thakur was seeking a fresh adjudication of her own competing claim by asking the court to compare her merits with those of Kashish Malik.