Cambodian Women Going for Gold

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Cambodia dreams of regional gold and sporting glory
After success at the Asian Games, country is pushing to win more medals
16 October 2018
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia gained a new hero in August, as Jessa Khan, a 16-year-old Cambodian American, won gold in women's jiujitsu, unleashing a torrent of admiring posts, shares and heart emojis across social media.

Khan was only one of two gold medalists from Cambodia in this year's Asian Games that ended early September, but to the country, the medalists offer hope that they can before long tackle competitors in the region and even globally. Cambodia certainly hopes to shine in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games that it will host in Phnom Penh, but experts say the country will need to put in a lot more training -- and funding -- to succeed.

Three medals at this year's Asian Games sets a new record for Cambodia, but it is still far below those of Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. Cambodia was sending athletes to the Olympic Games from 1956 to 1972, but that stopped during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. The country sent athletes to compete as "wild cards" again in 1996, but it was not until 2016 that Sorn Seavmey became the first Cambodian to qualify in official competitions.

The biggest names in Cambodian sports are mostly women, despite the country being deeply patriarchal. Cambodia's Ouk Sreymom was world petangue champion in 2017, and Ke Leng held the world title in the sport for two years before her. And Sorn was the first to win gold in taekwondo for Cambodia at the 2014 Asian Games before competing in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

At least in Sorn's case, it was a lucky break, fortified by her own unwavering determination, that pushed her to the peak of the sport. She stumbled into taekwondo, after her first coach recruited her when she tagged along to her sister's practice. From there she rocketed through two years of training and quickly began netting medals in regional competitions. Her life today -- hours of training interspersed by an Adidas modeling gig and trips to the mall with friends -- is starkly different from before.
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Khan sets new goals after four-gold haul
31 October 2018
Cambodia’s jiu-jitsu sensation Jessa Khan announced her desire to go up in weight as her next challenge after her storming four-gold performance at the Sport Jiu Jitsu International Federation World Championship at California’s Long Beach Arena.

“On to my next challenge – female strawweight 115lb division,’’ Khan said on social media.

The strawweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 48-52kg (106lb-115lb). It sits between the lighter atomweight division and heavier flyweight divisions.
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She got steel on her teeths but gold around her neck.
Bravo championne :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Cambodian American JESSAMINE JADA KHAN Wins Grand Prize of International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation
Cambodia Breaking News (Phnom Penh): A Cambodian American, JESSAMINE JADA KHAN, won the grand prize in a purple belt in International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation(IBJJF).

According to the social media account of JESSAMINE JADA KHAN, she posted that " I am so happy to win the grand prize in the purple belt from IBJJF. I received the purple belt for six months, and it was my first start. This is my goal to win after I received the purple belt.

All Cambodia, including the PM, have admired JESSAMINE JADA KHAN, as a stronger fighter. She won a gold medal at Asian Game in 2018 in Indonesia. Moreover, she got many medals from international and global game.

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The young American-Cambodian Jiu-Jitsu champ, Jessa Khan, has started her year off with a triumphant Gold Medal at the European 2020 competition.
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Go Jess!
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Khan Jessa Wins Gold Medal at 2022 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship
AKP Phnom Penh, April 12, 2022 --
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Cambodian-American Jiu-Jitsu heroine, Khan Jessa, has won a gold medal from the 2022 Pen Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the U.S.

Mr. Peter Khan, her father, underlined that his daughter competed twice among the 4,600 competitors from around the world.

Taking place from April 6 to 10, the 2022 Pen Jiu-Jitsu Championship is the biggest event in North America, and also the last competition for Khan Jessa before joining the Cambodian national team for the SEA Games 2022 in Vietnam, said Mr. Peter Khan.
Khan Jessa obtained the gold medal in the weight of 53.5 kilogrammes after defeating her Brazilian counterpart, Thamires Aquino, he added.
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The Cambodian-Mexican-American Khan Jessa, 21, has got many world titles in the past few years. She is also Cambodia's gold medalist of Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia and ASEAN Games 2019 in the Philippines.
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Bad news for Cambodia's Jessa Khan:
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Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): According to the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) on May 14, 2022, Khan Chesa has not been allowed to compete in the Juitjutsu competition due to the weight limit at 31st SEA Games, Vietnam. She was 240g over the weight limit in accordance with the SEA Games Technical handbook.
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Cambodia Women's Football Team off to AFF Women's Championship 2022.
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The Cambodian women's national team will leave for the Philippines on July 2, 2022 tomorrow to participate in the AFF Women's Championship 2022.

According to the source, the Cambodian women's team will leave Cambodia at 9:55 am on July 2, meaning three days before the opening match against the Lao women's national team on 5 July.

For the second match, Cambodia will face Vietnam on July 7, the third match will be against Myanmar on July 9, while the last match on July 13, Cambodia meets East Timor.

It should be reminded that the last 23 players are officially from 5 different clubs in the Cambodian Women's Football League, namely from Phnom Penh Crown 9, NagaWorld 5, Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 3, Visakha 2 and Siem Reap Football Club 3.

The AFF Women's Championship 2022 is scheduled to take place from July 4 to 17, 2022. The Cambodian women's national team is in Group B with Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and East Timor.
Group A features Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia.
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