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Mumbai: Cop helps Sakinaka girl win chess-boxing gold 2 years in a row
Updated On: 31 July, 2018 05:20 PM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Ojha
The Sakinaka resident, who made Mumbai and the nation proud with her win in Kolkata on July 29, was never short on talent.
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Madhavi at the event
For the second year running, Madhavi Gonbare, 22, has won the gold medal in the World Amateur Chess Boxing Competition, thanks to the support of a good cop.
The Sakinaka resident, who made Mumbai and the nation proud with her win in Kolkata on July 29, was never short on talent. But as the daughter of a widow who works as a school peon, finances were tight. mid-day had reported last year, it was Avinash Dharmadhikari — then a senior inspector at the Sakinaka police station — who helped her with the R30,000 participation fees for the competition.
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