Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen and Tokyo Olympics bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain continued their good run into the finals of the Women’s National Championships on Sunday.
Eight Railway boxers, together with 2019 World Championships silver medalist Manju Rani (48kg) and 2017 world youth champion Jyoti Gulia (52kg), additionally made it to the summit conflict.
Nikhat (50kg), who’s representing Telangana, registered a cushty 5-0 win in opposition to AIP’s Shavinder Kaur and arrange a summit conflict with Anamika for the coveted yellow steel.
Assam’s Lovlina (75kg) additionally gained comfortably in opposition to Madhya Pradesh’s Jigyasa Rajput as she dictated phrases all through the bout and gained by unanimous choice to advance to the ultimate.
She will tackle SSCB’s 2021 World Youth Champion Arundhati Chowdhary within the gold medal bout. Defending champions Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), nonetheless, dominated the proceedings with eight of their boxers placing up some sensational performances within the event.
Manju confirmed nice composure in a one-sided contest in opposition to Anjali Sharma of Madhya Pradesh. He performed from a protracted distance and gained the bout 5-0 to arrange a closing date with Tamil Nadu’s S Kalaivani.
Jyoti began on the backfoot in opposition to Uttar Pradesh’s Sonia and took a while to learn her opponent’s technique.
However, she got here again within the final two rounds, combating from shut vary and touchdown common punches to safe a 4–1 choice in her favor.
She will tackle Sakshi of SSCB within the closing. The different 6 Railway boxers who reached the finals are Anupama (50kg), Shiksha (54kg), Poonam (60kg), Shashi (63kg), Anupama (81kg) and Nupur (81+kg).
Last yr’s World Championships bronze medalist Manisha (57kg) and World Championships bronze medalist Simranjit Kaur (60kg) additionally continued their good run to make it to the finals.
Manisha beat Sonia Lather of RSPB 4-1 in an in depth bout and can tackle Vinakshi of Himachal Pradesh within the closing, whereas Simranjeet outclassed AIP’s Kross Hamangaihasangi 5-0. She will face RSPB’s Poonam within the closing.
The present prestigious occasion is witnessing participation of 302 boxers competing in 12 weight classes. The closing might be performed on Monday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
