Romanian Olympic gold medallist shares video of two Indian kids performing somersault; netizens feel proud
A riveting video come to notice on social media platform in which two school kids can be seen performing some jaw-dropping gymnastic. However, the video of these two wonders kids was shared by a five-time Olympic gold medallist from Romania on August 29.
She shared video with a caption, “This is awesome”.
This is awesome pic.twitter.com/G3MxCo0TzG
— Nadia Comaneci (@nadiacomaneci10) August 29, 2019
Interestingly, the two kids are from India and identified as Jashika Khan aka Lovely (11) and Md Ajajuddin named Ali (12) are the somersault sensations from Kolkata, India Today reported.
The duo now become the Internet sensation after their TikTok video went viral and it also took the attentions of Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju who also retweeted on the video and wrote,
“I'm happy that @nadiacomaneci10 tweeted it! As the first gymnast who scored perfect 10.0 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and then, received six more perfect 10s to win three gold medals, it becomes very special. I've urged to introduce these kids to me.”
Also, Rijiju tweeted that children will be given opportunities if they desire to get out of their present school to pursue a career in gymnastics.
“These kids are raw talents. Will get them connected to a gymnastic academy if someone brings them to me,” Rijiju tweeted.
These kids are raw talents. Will get them connected to a gymnastic academy if someone brings them to me. https://t.co/Nj5CWuT1KG
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 26, 2019
Meanwhile, Internet is stunned after seeing the talent of the two kids.
Check out some reactions:
Wow..... Compliments from the Queen of gymnastics, former Olympian from Romania ..... Coming from you, these words will definitely inspire school going kids to take up such sports at an early stage @KirenRijiju @Adille1 @virenrasquinha
— Jignesh Purohit (@Jiguz) August 29, 2019
Unforgettable...your perfect 10 effort....Huge fan of yours Nadia. Glad to see this appreciation of school kids having fun.
— Meghna Girish (@megirish2001) August 30, 2019
The symbolic swimming of without water by #child #KidsDeserveIt who create some unbelievable magic pic.twitter.com/iUaEmwc4mV
— Chetan agarwal (@Chetanniketa) August 30, 2019
I guess, that's my #India! 🇮🇳
— Sharad Kelkar (@KelkarSharad) August 29, 2019
Hey kids, you are getting compliments from non other than the #perfect10 girl, the #QueenOfGymnastics!... Treasure the moment!!! ☺️🤩
Wow ! It’s lovely to see those athletic skills and even more awesome that they going to coming from the school 💕
— Sandra Garza (@san_gza) August 29, 2019
First published: 4 September 2019, 12:47 IST
