# Assam flood survivor Janmoni wins national karate gold 2026-08-10T23:51:25+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Janmoni Konwar, 17, won gold at the National Karate Championship in Delhi on August 9, days after floods swept away her home in Jorhat, Assam. Her family lost their house, fishery, and livestock when the embankment breached 150 metres away. They had planned to sell fish to fund her trip, but the flood destroyed that too. Enter Alakh Pandey, founder of Physics Wallah, who sponsored travel and gave ₹3 lakh. Union minister Pabitra Margherita added ₹10,000. Janmoni trained on the embankment after her family took shelter in a tarpaulin tent. She won gold, her second national medal after bronze in 2023. Times Now reports the story as one of courage amid disaster. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Tags: Assam floods, karate, National Championship, resilience, sponsorship, sports Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/assam-flood-survivor-janmoni-wins-national-karate-gold/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/assam-flood-survivor-janmoni-wins-national-karate-gold/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.