From India Today
Owned by Living Media IndiaManipur's Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei wins India's first-ever Youth Olympics boxing gold
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India sent its smallest ever Youth Olympic contingent, with 17 athletes competing in Dakar, Senegal. Despite the size, nine athletes secured ten medals, including two unprecedented boxing golds. Among the medalists were two young competitors from Manipur – 17‑year‑old Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meeti and a 15‑year‑old teammate – who gave the country reasons to celebrate even as the state grapples with prolonged ethnic violence, displacement and uncertainty.
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