Rope-skipping: India

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2019

Ayesha wins Asian gold

Shradha Chettri, July 26, 2019: The Times of India

Govt schoolkid learns the rope, skips to top

New Delhi:

A Delhi government school student has made the country proud by winning gold at an international rope-skipping tournament. Daughter of a tailor living in northeast Delhi, 17-year-old Ayesha wants to make a career in the sport, but is aware of the limited opportunities.

She has been involved with the sport ever since she was in Class VII, when she moved to Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya No. 2, C block, Yamuna Vihar.

Recalling her gold-winning performance at the Asian Continental Rope Skipping Tournament in Bangkok earlier this week, Ayesha said she felt immensely proud when she was called “the best skipper in India”.

“Another student from a private school stood joint first with me,” Ayesha said. She has won several national tournaments in the past. Talking about how her journey began, Ayesha said: “When I was in Class VII, a coach visited our school. He trained us for a couple of months and then took me to the academy. My father supported me all through.” For Shammim Ahmed, her father, shelling out Rs 500 per month for the coaching wasn’t easy. But he was determined to see his daughter succeed. Ayesha would travel for an hour from her house in Mustafabad to the coaching centre at Karawal Nagar.

She broke the national record in Class VIII, skipping 92 times in 30 seconds. The earlier record was 89. But her highest score was of 95 in 30 seconds, when she went for the nationals in Maharashtra.

Ayesha wants to make career out of the sport, as by her own admission, she is “an average” student. She scored 54% in Class X boards and is now pursuing humanities in Class XI. “I want to become like my sir (the coach), but I don’t know how to do it. I have seen that Delhi University does not recognise this sport, so I don’t know,” she said. Rope skipping is a well-recognised sport in many Asian countries. Her physical education teacher, Yasmeen Sultana, said Ayesha was a champion right from the start. “She came back from every competition with a gold medal. And, now, she has done everyone proud,” she said.