# Flood-displaced Jorhat teen wins national karate gold with help from Physics Wallah founder 2026-08-16T14:02:43+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Janmoni Konwar, a 17-year-old from Jorhat, Assam, won gold at the 20th All India Independence Cup Karate Championship in New Delhi on August 8, weeks after losing her home to floods. Her family had been living in a tent by the roadside since July 19, when floodwaters submerged their house in Bhogdoiporia Gaon. With training facilities destroyed, Janmoni practised on the road. Physics Wallah founder Alakh Pandey met her on August 3 and offered to cover her expenses for the competition. She travelled to Delhi on August 8 and won gold in the Ashihara category. Following her achievement, DK Mittal, executive director of the Sports Authority of India Regional Centre in Guwahati, offered Janmoni a place at the SAI Training Centre in Shillong. She has accepted and aims to qualify for the Olympics. ## Coverage - assamtribune.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Alakh Pandey, Guwahati, Janmoni Konwar, Jorhat, Physics Wallah, Sports Authority of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/flood-displaced-jorhat-teen-wins-national-karate-gold-with-help-from-physics-wallah-founder/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/flood-displaced-jorhat-teen-wins-national-karate-gold-with-help-from-physics-wallah-founder/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/