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Father tries to accumulate Rs 20 lakh for daughter's Olympic dream

Shreya Jadhav started practising martial arts as a means of self-defence which later on became a passion and she now wants to represent India at the Olympics 2024. However, this 14-year-old girl's dream has hit a roadblock due to some financial const

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Shreya Jadhav, a class 9 student from Parel, made India proud by winning a gold medal in a Taekwondo international competition in Thailand. She now wants to represent India at the Olympic 2024. However, money has become a hurdle for her preparation. She is required to take part in several international competitions to qualify for the martial arts competition however, her father is having a hard time to arrange for the money for her international trips and training and this had led to hear fearing the fact she might lose out on her dream to win a medal for the country.

"I want taekwondo to be popular in India and want more people to know about it and participate in it. Nobody knows much about taekwondo here. People assume that it is similar to karate but it's not. I want to bring about that change by introducing taekwondo to people," says Shreya, the national U-14 taekwondo champion.

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