Indian women, men boxers dominate to finish with six gold medals in Dubai
India’s Bishwamitra Chongtham (right) battles with Uzbek’s Kuziboev Ahmadjon during the 51kg final
Indian boxers dominated the Asian Youth Championships, notching up six gold medals along with nine silver and five bronze in the event where the women’s competition was significantly depleted due to pullouts caused by COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
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Sneha Kumari (66kg) and Khushi (75kg)
Preeti Dahiya (60kg), Sneha Kumari (66kg), Khushi (75kg) and Neha (54kg) clinched gold medals in the women’s draw, which shrunk after several teams fielded smaller squads because of the travel restrictions.
Neha (54kg) and Preeti Dahiya (60kg)
Of the 10 women finalists, six directly made the finals because of small size of their respective draws. Dahiya defeated Kazakhstan’s Zuldyz Shayakmetova 3-2, while Sneha pummelled’s UAE Rahmah Khalfan Almurshidi to force a stoppage. Khushi defeated Kazakhstan’s Dana Diday 3-0 on Monday.
Vishal (80kg)
World youth bronze-medallist Bishwamitra Chongtham (51kg) and Vishal (80kg) were the gold-winners in the men’s competition. The silver-winners among women were Preeti (57kg), Khushi (63kg), Tanisha Sandhu (81kg), Nivedita (48kg), Tamanna (50kg) and Simran (52kg). Vishvanath Suresh (48kg), Vanshaj (63.5kg) and Jaydeep Rawat (71kg) ended with silver medals in the men’s competition.
Five Indian boxers, including one woman, had earlier claimed bronze medals. Among men, Daksh (67kg), Deepak (75kg), Abhimanyu (92kg) and Aman Singh Bisht (92+kg) bagged bronze medals while Lashu Yadav (70kg) ended with a bronze in the women’s category.
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