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28/08/22 04:05 AM IST

15-year-old Linthoi clinches first ever gold in World Judo Championship for India

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  • Indian Judoka Linthoi Chanambam won the first ever gold for India in World Cadet Judo Championship by prevailing over Brazil's Bianca Reis in the final in Sarajevo.
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  • Linthoi Chanambam became the first Indian judoka to win a medal at any age-group category of the World Championships.
  • The 15-year-old has been one of the best judokas from India in the past couple of years and is also part of the Indian government’s TOPS programme.
  • She came into the spotlight with a gold medal at the Sub-Junior National Judo Championships in 2017 and since then she has been training at JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sports judo programme.
  • Chanambam won the gold medal at National Cadet Judo Championship in 2021 and followed it up with a bronze in the Asia-Oceania Cadet Judo Championship in Beirut, Lebanon.
Source- The Hindu 

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