MMA gold medallist Dinesh Naorem accorded warm welcome
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kakching, August 30 2021:
GAMMA Asian MMA Championship-2021 gold and silver medallist Dinesh Naorem was accorded a warm welcome on return to his native place at Kakching on Monday.
Dinesh Naorem brought laurels for the state and the country when he won one gold and one silver medal at the Global Association of Martial Arts (GAMMA Asian) Asian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championship-2021 held at Kyrgyzstan from August 24 to 28 .
He competed in 56.7kg category and won gold medal in MMA and silver medal in Striking MMA.
Dinesh Naorem hails from Kakching Makha Lou and he is the eldest son of late Naorem Yaima and Naorem Ongbi Monbi Devi.
When he returned from Kyrgyzstan, members of Kakching Runners and Agenda Kakching (whatsapp group) received Dinesh at Imphal airport and escorted him till his native place.
When the motorcade escorting Dinesh reached Kakching Lamkhai, a large number of people garlanded him with jubilation.
He was then welcomed warmly by South Eastern Sporting Union (SESU) at Kakching Sumak Leikai.
Though people welcomed him with much joy and happiness at other places of Kakching, Dinesh was filled with sadness when he reached home as he came to know that his father died on the day he left for Kyrgyzstan.
Family members did not share the news about his father's demise to Dinesh as they believed that sharing the sad news will affect his performance in the championship.