"Still Have A Lot To Achieve": Divya Deshmukh After Winning The 'Test Of Resilience'
| "Still need a little bit more time for it to sink in": Women's Chess World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh (@DivyaDeshmukh05) speaks to CNN-News18's @AnchorAnandNTournament was quite a tough one, most difficult one of my career. It was a test of resilience, emotional & physical strength. I'm happy that I managed to stick till the end," she adds"I've have a lot more to achieve in my career. I'm hoping this is just the start. It's not the end of my journey just the start of my journey": Divya Deshmukh (@DivyaDeshmukh05) talks about what keeps her going, how does she keep her mentally focussed, her coping mechanism, viral 'hug moment' with her mother right after her grand win, and more@AnchorAnandN | n18oc_sports News18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube
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