PEJA, Kosovo – Hundreds of youngsters in the Kosovan town of Peja are looking forward to watching the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and hoping that their hero Majlinda Kelmendi will win the country’s second Olympics gold medal in judo.
After becoming the best world judo player in her 52 kg category she won the gold medal in Rio 2016 Olympics.
Last year a statue of her was erected by municipality authorities in central Peja.
The country of 1.8 million people now has more than 20 Judo clubs compared to just six before Kelmendi won Kosovo’s first Olympic gold medal.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008 and was allowed to participate in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
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