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Meet Anahat Singh, the Gen Z star who created history for India with a world squash title

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Meet Anahat Singh, the Gen Z star who created history for India with a world squash title
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Anahat Singh has made history by becoming the first Indian player to win the World Junior Squash Championship in Canada. The article profiles her journey from a multi-sport childhood to her dedicated focus on squash as a teenager.

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Singh's victory marks a milestone for Indian sports, highlighting the rise of young talent in niche international athletic competitions.

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Some victories are measured by medals. Others are measured by the choices that come long before the podium.When 18-year-old Anahat Singh stood on top of the podium at the World Junior Squash Championships in Canada, wrapped in the Indian tricolour and smiling through a moment years in the making, the world saw history. She had become the first Indian ever to win the World Junior Squash Championship, defeating Egypt's Ruqayya Salem in straight games and ending India's long wait for the title.But Anahat's story isn't just about a squash racket or a world title.It's about what happens when a teenager quietly decides that ordinary isn't enough.A childhood that wasn't planned around squashInterestingly, squash wasn't her first love.Born in New Delhi in 2008, Anahat grew up in a family where sport was simply a way of life.

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