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Acrobatic Gymnastics Asian Championship:  Overcoming financial challenges and other hardships, 17 youths gymnasts from Mumbai have been selected to represent India at the Acrobatic Gymnastics Asian Championship being held in Uzbekistan in October, an official said here on Thursday.

The students-gymnasts – aged between 13-28 - who made it to the mark, hail from Lokmanya Shikshan Sanstha’s Shree Narayanrao Acharya Vidyaniketan, (LSSSNAV) Chembur, an acrobatic gymnastics training centre.

They are: Bhostekar Yadnyesh, Khannukar Samarth, Uniyal Namoh and Gosavi Ashwin (13-17), who will participate in the Junior Team in the Indian delegation of 46 that will travel to Tashkent.