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Youth Olympics call-up a 'dream birthday present'

Jaya Kalsi, 17, will be representing Team GB in the upcoming 2026 Youth Olympic Games [BBC] The day before her 17th birthday, Jaya Kalsi received a phone call with the kind of news that every young boxer dreams of. The athlete, from Warwick, had been selected to represent Team GB at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, in what she described as an "amazing present to get". With the Games getting under way on 31 October, Kalsi is preparing to fly out for what will be the highest-level competition of her career so far.

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