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Maikeli Seru
22 April, 2021, 5:20 pm
Elisha Kumar in action during her Australia under-14 Novice Girls Boxing title victory. Inset: Elisha, with dad Gyan after her win. Pictures: SUPPLIED
Elisha Kumar, the daughter of former Fiji amateur boxing champion, Gyan Kumar has become the first South Sea Islander and Fijian to win the Australian schools girls 50 kilogram division boxing title.
The Adelaide-based father and daughter boxers capped off years of hard work when Elisha won the division’s novice gold medal win last Friday.
“I am really proud of her,” Gyan, who was born and bred in Labasa, said.
“It was not our desire for my two daughters to take up sport. I never introduced them to sport, it just came naturally. One is a boxer and the other is a state champion high jump and long jumper. It is the natural talents within them and my job is to prepare them as they both have the desire to reach the Olympics.”