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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Academy: While Janvi was waiting for her girls 61kg final wrestling bout against Delhi’s Yashita in the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 at the Rajarathinam Stadium here, her coach Ajmer Malik gave her few tips on how to shoot good images on a mobile phone and promptly asked her to showcase what she learnt by clicking photos of people around.

A few minutes later, the 16-year-old from Sonepat regrouped herself and thoroughly dominated the bout to clinch the gold medal with technical superiority.

Shifting focus or multi-tasking isn’t new to Janvi as Malik’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Academy in Gohana encourages the players to do different things to relax themselves. A typical day at the academy starts with blowing the Shaankh (shell) as part of a meditation session and the gruelling training session at time ends with players grooving on to the latest numbers played by the in-house DJ at the training centre.