Mary Kom, Sakshi enter final of Asian Championships

MC Mary Kom celebrates her win over Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg in Dubai yesterday. Pic/BFI (right) Sakshi

Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) and Sakshi (54kg) stormed into the Asian Boxing Championship finals after notching up gruelling victories in their last-four stage bouts here on Thursday.

While Mary Kom prevailed 4-1 over Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg, two-time youth world champion Sakshi upstaged top-seeded Kazakh Dina Zholaman 3-2.

Top-seeded Mary Kom will now be gunning for her sixth gold medal at the continental showpiece and will be up against Kazakhstan's Nazym Kyzaibay. However, Simranjit Kaur (60kg), also bound for the Olympics, Monika (48kg) and debutant Jaismine (57kg) settled for bronze medals after losing their respective semis bouts.

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