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Kho Kho World Cup: Poland's Dagmara Skirzynska was nine years old when she began her sporting journey. Watching the sport of volleyball, Dagmara was lured to it and started competing at school level. As she grew up in the Northern region of Poland, in Gdansk, she began pursuing the sport at a University level, before she was introduced to a whole new world of Kho Kho three years.

"I started playing Kho Kho about three years ago. It all began when someone from Satyam came to our university. Satyam is a management company, and there are cohorts involved in it. So, that's how it all started," she recalled.

Dagmara, 22, is now in India for the inaugural edition of the Kho Kho World Cup, where she is leading the Polish national team as the captain. Having a short height, Dagmara played as a libero in volleyball, and now she uses similar skills in Kho Kho to help her side.