New Delhi

The wonder girl from Kashmir Tajamul Islam has won gold at the World kickboxing championship held at Cairo, Egypt.

This is the 14-year old Bandipore girl’s second world title; earlier she had won gold medal at the age of eight in the championship held in Andria, Italy in 2016.

Tajamul defeated Argentina’s Lalina in final bout in World Kickboxing Championship to win gold medal in under 14 age category.

The championship started on October 18 and concluded on October 24, 2021.

Islam played four bouts in the event of which she were against players from the host country and the others against players from France and Argentina.

The Indian kickboxing team comprised 30 boxers.

Tajamul Islam announced her vistory on Twitter:

It was really a proud moment for me when i gold gold again in world kickboxing championship in cairo egypt 🇪🇬 2021 now i am 2Times world kickboxing champion pic.twitter.com/m13AaU6hNC

— Tajamul islam (@Tajamulislam321) October 28, 2021

Tajamul Islam has told media time and again that she is aiming at winning gold medal at the Olympics.

Tajamul told the Srinagar-based greater Kashmir that in the final bout her rival was very quick in making her moves and she (Islam) didn’t expect that.

“But I kept my clam and it paid off. I waited for her to make mistakes which eventually helped me to fetch points,” she said.

She used to practice three times a day to prepare for the world event each session lasting two hours.

“Practicing harder at regular intervals played an important role in the bagging gold,” she said.

Islam is also the brand ambassador of Beti Bachowo Beti Padoa (BBBP) campaign in J&K.

Tajamul’s father, Ghulam Mohammad Lone told the newspaper that as the news of her winning gold medal in world Kickboxing championship spread, relatives, neighbors and people thronged to his home to congratulate the family.

“It is a proud moment that my daughter gave us,” he said.