16-year-old Yurshaan Guard, who represented India in Team IIKF at the recently concluded 6th Indo–Sri Lankan Karate Championship at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, on 9th October, 2016, won a Gold and a Silver medal, defeating over 800 participants in Kata and Kumite (sparring), in the Under-17 category. Overall IIKF won 46 medals comprising 21 Golds, 15 Silver and 10 Bronze medals. Practicing Karate since six years under the coaching of Fraz Shaikh (black belt – 4 dan), Yurshaan previously won a silver and a bronze medal in Kata and Kumite (sparring) events at the 18th Funakoshi Shotokan World Cup Karate Championship 2016.