Reigning Asian champion Raveena confirmed nice persistence for the gold within the 63kg class closing as India ended the Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships with 11 medals in La Nucia, Spain.
Raveena was up in opposition to Megan Decler of Netherlands in her closing bout. Despite not getting off to the perfect of begins, the Indian boxer used her technical capability and fast tempo to mount a powerful comeback in opposition to her Dutch opponent.
A decent contest led to favor of the 2022 Asian youth gold medalist Indian, who gained 4-3 by break up determination after a evaluation of the bout. In the opposite closing, Kirti (81+kg) takes on 2022 European youth champion Cleona Elizabeth Lost 0-5. Ireland’s Darcy needed to accept silver.
Raveena (63kg) and Kirti (+81kg) are eradicated in 🇮🇳 #Youth World Championship Campaign on a excessive!
Well executed, champs!@AjaySingh_SG , @debojo_m#Youth World Championship#panchmaihaidam#boxing pic.twitter.com/EBM6UKLWhi
– Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) November 27, 2022
India dominated the occasion because the 25-member workforce gained 11 medals – 4 gold, three silver and 4 bronze.
Overall, 17 Indians certified for the quarter-finals of the event which was greater than another nation on this version. In the ladies’s part, India gained probably the most medals – eight – adopted by Kazakhstan (5) and Uzbekistan (4).
Medals galore!
Team 🇮🇳 brings down the curtain #Youth World Championship Including 1️⃣1️⃣ medals in 🇪🇸
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4️⃣ 🥉Proud of you, Champs!@AjaySingh_SG , @debojo_m#Youth World Championship#panchmaihaidam#boxing pic.twitter.com/HQaAPZmWXP
– Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) November 27, 2022
In the lads’s part, youth Asian champion Vanshaj (63.5kg), Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) gained a gold every whereas Ashish (54kg) gained a silver.
Around 600 boxers from 73 international locations participated on this yr’s championship.
Indian medal winners:
Female (Gold): Raveena (63kg), Devika Ghorpade (52kg) Silver: Keerthi (81+kg), Bhavna Sharma (48kg) Bronze: Muskaan (75kg), Lashu Yadav (70kg), Kunjarani Devi Thongam (60kg), Tamanna (50kg)
Male (Gold): Vanshaj (63.5kg), Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) Silver: Ashish (54kg).
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
