Updated On: 22 July, 2016 08:34 AM IST | | PTI
<p>He has not only vaulted 130 spots in the world rankings after just six tournaments but has also become India’s first judoka in a decade to seal an Olympic berth, laments lack of government support</p>

Avtar Singh, Indiau00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s first judoka at the Olympics, clinched the gold medal at the South Asian Games in Guwahati recently
New Delhi: He has not only vaulted 130 spots in the world rankings after just six tournaments but has also become India’s first judoka in a decade to seal an Olympic berth.

Avtar Singh, India’s first judoka at the Olympics, clinched the gold medal at the South Asian Games in Guwahati recently