Maksam Tayeng

PASIGHAT, Sep 19: 25-year-old arm wrestler Onam Gamno, hailing from Ngopok village of Mebo Sub-Division in East Siang District is all set to represent India at the World Arm Wrestling Championship 2023 to be held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 25 to October 1 next.
She is the daughter of Uke Gamno and Susur Gamno and is working as a Nursing Officer at Apollo Hospital, Guwahati.
Her arm wrestling career began barely a year ago but Gamno has already won a couple of Gold medals. She stood 3rd position in All India Open Arm Wrestling Championship which was held on 26th November last near at Jorhat, Assam.
“I was selected to participate in the national championship under Board of Control for Arm Wrestling in India (BCAI) in the month of May 2023 in Bangalore and won two gold medals in both right and left hand under 52kg categories. As being the gold medalist I have been selected for World Armwrestling Championship 2023 to represent India under International Federation of Armwrestling (IFA)," she told this scribe.
Gamno also spoke about her interest in the sport since a young age. While sharing about her interest in armwrestling, Gamno said, 'As a child I played for fun and didn't realise that I would come this far. I started working out in the gym last year and came to know about arm wrestling competitions and its related opportunities nationally and internationally." She also holds a Diploma in Personal Training and is also working as a fitness trainer.
Gamno further spoke about the potential of the sport in Arunachal Pradesh and her vision to set up a training academy in the state.
"The main problem in arm wrestling is the skill, the technicalities. We are lacking in the latter because of the non-availability of training centres, equipment, coach etc. We don't have a proper training centre for arm wrestling," she said.
The state government needs to come in support of youths like Onam by extending financial and other required logistic support so that they can bring more laurels to the state, said mother Susur Gamno. Speaking to this scribe over phone from Ngopok village, she said that the family lacks financially to support their daughter. She further said that any support from government and wellwishers would be a great help to them at this hour.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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