Indian judoka Linthoi Chanambam won the country's first-ever gold medal at the World Cadet Judo Championships 2022 in the women's-57 Kg category in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Indian judoka Linthoi Chanambam won the country's first-ever gold medal at the World Cadet Judo Championships 2022 in the women's-57 Kg category in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This spectacular feat achieved by Manipur's 15-year-old Chanambam is India's first-ever medal in any age-group category at the World Championships. Linthoi Chanambam won the national championships in Chandigarh in November 2021 and also struck gold in the 63kg at the Asian cadet and junior championships in Bangkok, Thailand last month. She had also won the silver medal at the 2021 Asia-Oceania Junior Championships and bronze at the 2021 Asia-Oceania Cadet Championships.
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