India, June 4 -- After winning a gold and a bronze medal at the World Junior Wushu Championships in the last five years, Tanish Nagar has now set his sight on a medal in the upcoming Asian Games in Japan in September-October.

Nagar, who hails from Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, would be targeting a place in the Indian squad for the Asian Games when the three-day trials begin at Srinagar on Friday along with five others from Uttar Pradesh, including Krish in 60kg (Meerut), Nitin Chaudhry in 70kg (Meerut), Suraj Yadav in 70kg (Varanasi), Anirudh Chaudhary in 75 kg (Meerut) and Sourav in 75 kg (GB Nagar).

Nagar specialises in Sanda (combat) discipline in the 56kg category and has emerged as one of India's brightest young stars in wush...