Bangkok, April 27
World champion Nitu Ghanghas led the charge as the Indian women boxers dominated the Asian Youth Championships, claiming three gold medals.
Nitu (48kg) out-punched local favourite Nillada Meekoon in front of a partisan crowd to claim the first gold for India, following which Manisha (64kg) and Lalita (69kg) also won their gold medal bouts. Settling for silver medals were lone male finalist Ankit Khatana (60kg) and Anamika (51kg), Sakshi (81kg) and Neha Yadav (+81kg). Overall, the Indians signed off with three gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the event, which was also a qualifying tournament for the Youth Olympics later this year.
As for qualification to the Youth Olympics, none of the Indian boxers could make the cut for Buenos Aires as they did not win gold medals in the categories that would feature at the Games. Four women’s weight categories — 51kg, 57kg, 75kg and 60kg — will feature at the Buenos Aires Games and from the ongoing event, only the gold winners in these categories have qualified.
Sumit enters semis in Belgrade
New Delhi: Sumit Sangwan (91kg) was among the 12 Indian boxers who were assured of medals at the 56th Belgrade International tournament in Serbia after getting contrasting entries into the semifinals.
Sumit, who is making a comeback after recovering from a wrist injury, brushed aside local favourite Kosta Bozovic in his quarterfinal bout. He will be up against Greece’s Vagka Nanitzanian in the semifinals. Also advancing to the semifinals was former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg). Nikhat made the semifinals after beating Russia’s Liliya Aetbaeva.
Manipur’s Laldinmawia defeated German’s Hamza Touba 2-1 in the quarterfinals. Pawan Kumar (69kg) made the semis after sailing past Greece’s Athanasios Glynos 3-0. In the light-heavyweight (81kg) category, Neelkamal Singh defeated Turkey’s Bayram Malkan 3-0. In the super-heavyweight (+91kg) category, Narender got the better of Turkey’s Eren Uzun in the quarterfinals. Among the women, Priyanka Thakur (60kg) got a walkover into the semifinals. — PTI
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