India, July 29 -- Newly-crowned junior squash world champion Anahat Singh has revealed that she placed her academic goals at the prestigious Harvard University on hold this year to give herself the best chance of winning a medal at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Anahat's original plan was to follow in her elder sister Amira's footsteps and pursue higher education at Harvard. But bolstered by the title triumph in her fifth and final attempt, the 18-year-old now wants to put all her energies into preparing for the upcoming Asian Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics in a couple of years' time.

Anahat has been living out of the suitcase for as far as she can remember, juggling top-level squash and school. Having graduated from school onl...