Adorable 7-year-old Singaporean Simone Lim wins International Pokemon Championship

Seven-year-old Singaporean Simone Lim has proven that she is the very best Pokemon trainer, that no one ever was by winning the Junior Championships grand final for the Pokemon Oceania International Championships in Melbourne.

The final battle for the Junior Championships saw Lim going against reigning champion Justin Miranda-Radbord who had previously taken home the title of Regional Champion 21 times, including the Pokemon Oceania Junior Championships in 2019.

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Lim managed to take the first match from Miranda-Radbord in the first round of the set by taking full advantage of her Butterfree's Sleep Powder, putting the Pokemon Miranda-Radbord had sent out into the battlefield to sleep immediately before using her Tyranitar to eliminate her opponent's Pokemon.

The second match saw Miranda-Radford tying the score by switching up his strategy and taking down Lim's Butterfree early game to prevent Lim from using the same tactic she employed in the first round.

For the decisive final match, Lim had also reworked her Pokemon lineup, bringing out her Whimsicott instead of Butterfree and Dynamaxing her Tyranitar right away to help ensure that the flow of the battle is in her favour. Unfortunately, Miranda-Radbord shows that he isn't the reigning champion of the Junior Championships for nothing as he managed to eliminate three of Lim's Pokemon, leaving her with only her Tyrannitar.

Backed against a corner with her last Pokemon, Lim proved her ability to read her opponent by accurately predicting Miranda-Radbord's move and neatly finished the match as the new Pokemon champion.

You can watch Lim's exciting final move right here.

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What's even more amazing is that this is Lim's first time competing in the Championships. She had climbed all the way from being the seventh place in the top eight to facing off against the reigning regional champion in the finals.

She even gave an adorable post-game speech after her match, while clutching onto her large Eevee plushie.

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If you wish to catch Lim's full battle against Miranda-Radford, you can do so in the video below.

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This article was first published in Geek Culture.