How was the India’s 1st world judo title?

Manipur teen wins India’s 1st world judo title, Georgia town Friday, defeated (57 kg) to win the gold at the World Cadet Championships in Sarajevo, 16, became the first Indian to win a world title in judo on Friday, two families were united in celebrations — one in her hometown in Manipur, and the other in a town in Georgia the world was battling the Covid-19 pandemic and the first lockdown was imposed, was stuck in a town of about 8,000 people in Georgia, for nine months hometown of her, a judo hub that has produced two Olympic champions, became a second home, as she formed a close bond with her coach’s extended family of 30. Friday, Chanambam defeated Brazil’s Reis Bianca (57 kg) 1-0 by a throw — to win the gold at the World Cadet Championships in Sarajevo. Kizilashvii’s family was the first to receive a picture of posting with were soon on a video call.“It was a difficult time for the whole world, as it was for us too. But coach Kizilashvii’s family made sure that I was always happy, although I was far away from my parents and family,” Chanambam said from Sarajevo ice was broken over meals at home. His wife Salome, son, and daughter took to the teenage Indian and made her feel at home by Chanambam’s side when she won the historic gold. “I sent a picture with the gold medal to my family, they too celebrated,” he said international flights proved to be a blessing in disguise as it enabled her to train against some of the tops in the town from where the 2004 Athens Olympic winner and 2008 Beijing Olympics champion were training in Georgia when the lockdown was imposed, so we could not return to India as planned. Most of the national judo players come to train there would train against the likes of world junior said took her first steps in judo in Manipur, where her father is a fish farmer who also works as a mason, and her mother is a part-time tailor and homemaker. My father owns half an acre of land on which there is a fish. We are not rich, but my parents are very determined people. They never let me stop dreaming about winning a big medal in judo, said. The family earns about Rs 80,000 a year by selling fish started off by playing football, and tried her hand at boxing before focussing on judo. “I trained in judo like my life depended on it,” she said strength and willpower are her biggest strengths, said, a coach at the Sports Academy, where she first trained. She would never miss a training session and would also help her family in managing he said she was just 11 years old, Chanambam had to leave her home to move to Karnataka, after being selected by the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS). “I am very attached to my father. We cooked meals together and ate together. When I won the sub-junior national title and IIS coaches told me about my selection, we both cried a lot as I had to leave home,” she recalled she has returned with a medal from four of her five international competitions so far, the gold on Friday was her biggest achievement. “After the final, I felt like I had done something incredible,” she said, adding that she was now looking forward to some “me time” to hip hop music and gardening is what I want to do during a short break. After that, it will be back to judo. I have many more goals to achieve.