William, an 18 year old, attends school in Grimsby. He achieved two Commonwealth karate gold medals during his academic years. A teenage karateka covered by InYourArea also won a double Commonwealth title. Bipasha Paul, a student at Heritage School, secured senior gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Karate Championship. She moved up from junior bronze.

Ryan Dev Varma, hailing from Tripura, is the first person from his state to win a Guinness World Records award for a karate group event. Two schoolgirls resident of Uran made it to the divisional karate championship. A boy from Mechanicville will start karate again after open heart surgery.