Typically when kids decide to “jump around, jump around, jump up jump up and get down”, it doesn’t lead to getting praise from Olympians. For Jashika Khan, 11, and Mohammed Azajuddin, 12, however, their backpack-aided flips caught the eye of Olympic gold medal winner, Nadia Comaneci.
What a pretty picture!
Future Gymnasts in making(video via social media) pic.twitter.com/2elqylGsgK
— M V Rao (@mvraoforindia) August 25, 2019
Khan and Azajuddin have no formal gymnastics background. They are enrolled in a local dance institute, the leader of which shot the video and uploaded it.
The amateur gymnasts also caught the attention of India’s sports minister Karen Rijiju, who vowed to cover the children’s training costs as they now shift their focus to training for Olympic glory.
