Assam Karate Gold Medallist Returns Home To Flood-Displaced Family Living In Tent

I
a
ext ao di a y
sto y
of
g it,
dete mi atio ,
a d
aw
tale t,
17-yea -old
ka ateka
Ja mo i
Ko wa
f om
Assam& squo;s
Jo hat
dist ict
wo
the
gold
medal
at
the
20th
All
I dia
I depe de ce
Cup
Ka ate
Champio ship
held
at
Talkato a
I doo
Stadium
i
New
Delhi.
Howeve ,
whe
she
etu ed
home
f om
Delhi
celeb ati g
he
atio al
t iumph,
the e
was
o
wa m
house
waiti g
fo
he .

Ja mo i
etu ed
to
a
ta pauli
te t
pitch
o
a
emba kme t,
whe e
he
family
has
bee
livi g
si ce
ele tless
floodwate s
subme ged
thei
a cest al
village.

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Death
Th eats
Se t
To
Sou av
Ga guly
&
His
Wife
Do a
Ga guly

Devastati g
Floods
Dest oy
Home
A d
Livelihood

Ja mo i’s
home
i
2
No.
Mojia
Bheti
of
Bhogdoipo ia
Gao
i
Jo hat
dist ict
was
seve ely
hit
whe
a
ea by
ive
emba kme t
b eached
ba ely
150
met es
away.
The
to e tial
floodwate s
ushed
i
with
imme se
fo ce,
givi g
he
family
ha dly
a y
time
to
eact.
They
ma aged
to
escue
a
few
esse tial
docume ts
a d
he
p evious
medals
a d
t ophies
befo e
thei
e ti e
house
we t
u de wate .

The
flood
dest oyed
ea ly
eve ythi g
they
ow ed.
Thei
home
was
completely
subme ged,
thei
poult y
a d
ducks
we e
swept
away,
a d
thei
fishe y
built
ove
th ee
yea s
of
ha d
wo k
was
ui ed.
To
make
matte s
wo se,
Ja mo i& squo;s
p actice
g ou d
emai ed
subme ged
u de
wate
fo
ea ly
a
mo th,
fo ci g
the
family
to
seek
efuge
i
a
makeshift
elief
camp
te t
o
the
emba kme t
alo g
with
thei
escued
buffaloes.

Fi a cial
St ai
A d
Sac ificed
D eams

The
t agedy
st uck
a
double
blow
to
the
tee age ‘s
spo ti g
ambitio s.
The
family
had
meticulously
u tu ed
thei
fishe y
to
sell
the
fish
a d
fu d
Ja mo i’s
t avel,
egist atio ,
a d
stay
fo
the
atio al
champio ship
i
Delhi.
Whe
the
floodwate s
wiped
out
the
fishe y,
thei
e ti e
fi a cial
pla
collapsed.

I
past
yea s,
the
family
had
go e
to
ext eme
le gths
to
suppo t
he
passio ,
eve
selli g
two
of
thei
buffaloes
to
fu d
he
pa ticipatio
i
p evious
competitio s.
With
he
t ai i g
g ou d
u de wate
a d
all
fi a cial
ave ues
exhausted,
Ja mo i& squo;s
d eam
of
competi g
i
New
Delhi
seemed
almost
impossible.

Timely
I te ve tio
By
PhysicsWallah
Fou de

Just
as
hope
seemed
lost,
help
a ived
f om
a
u expected
qua te .
Alakh
Pa dey,
fou de
a d
CEO
of
PhysicsWallah,
was
t aveli g
th ough
Uppe
Assam
dist ibuti g
flood
elief
mate ials.
Du i g
his
visit
to
the
emba kme t
shelte s
i
Jo hat,
he
met
Ja mo i’s
b othe ,
K ish amo i,
a d
oticed
the
shelf
of
salvaged
medals
i side
thei
te t.

Afte
lea i g
about
Ja mo i’s
tale t
a d
he
st uggle
to
each
the
atio al
tou ame t,
Pa dey
stepped
fo wa d
to
spo so
he
t ip.
He
immediately
a a ged
he
ai
tickets
to
New
Delhi,
cove ed
he
t avel
a d
accommodatio
expe ses,
a d
e cou aged
he
to
pe fo m
without
a y
p essu e.

T iumph
At
Talkato a
I doo
Stadium

Equipped
with
a
flight
ticket
a d
e ewed
co fide ce,
Ja mo i
flew
to
Delhi.
Competi g
i
the
Ashiha a
style
of
ka ate
at
the
Talkato a
I doo
Stadium,
she
delive ed
a
flawless
pe fo ma ce.
Ja mo i
emai ed
completely
u beate
ac oss
all
th ee
of
he
bouts.
I
a
domi a t
fi al
display,
she
outclassed
he
oppo e t
with
a
comma di g
10-2
sco eli e
to
secu e
the
gold
medal
fo
Assam.

Ja mo i,
who
p eviously
wo
a
b o ze
i
2023
a d
gold
i
2025,
p oved
he
spo ti g
p owess
o ce
agai
despite
the
imme se
me tal
a d
physical
ha dships
she
e du ed
back
home.

Retu i g
To
A
Te t
With
A
Olympic
D eam

O
the
eve i g
of
August
9,
Ja mo i
etu ed
f om
New
Delhi
to
the
same
makeshift
ta pauli
te t
he
family
had
bee
i habiti g
si ce
July
19.
She
had
o
bed,
closet,
o
oom
to
sto e
he
ewest
p ize,
but
she
b ought
home
a
atio al
gold
medal
that
b ought
imme se
p ide
to
he
flood-hit
commu ity.

Refusi g
to
let
pove ty
o
atu al
disaste s
est ict
he
visio ,
the
17-yea -old
class
12
stude t
has
al eady
set
he
eyes
o
he
ext
milesto e:
ep ese ti g
I dia
o
the
wo ld
stage
at
the
Olympic
Games.

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