Indian boxer Nandini (+81kg) ended with a bronze medal within the 73rd Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria after taking place to former world champion Lazzat Kungeibayeva of Kazakhstan within the semifinals.
Nandini misplaced 0-5 within the bout held late on Friday evening.
Former youth world champion Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Nitu (48kg) are the one Indians left in fray after they superior to the finals of their respective weight classes.
While Zareen defeated Tokyo Olympics and world championship silver-medallist Buse Naz Cakiroglu, Nitu pummeled her Ukrainian rival Hanna Okhota, who threw within the towel on the finish of the second spherical in bouts held final night.
The two will battle their last bouts on Sunday.
Nitu shall be up in opposition to Italy’s Erika Prisciandaro, a former youth world championship bronze-medallist.
Zareen will sq. off in opposition to Ukraine’s Tetiana Kob, a three-time European Championships medallist, together with a gold again in 2009. Zareen had received a gold medal on the Strandja Memorial’s 2019 version.
India received two medals within the final version with Deepak Kumar and Naveen Boora securing silver and bronze respectively.
The efficiency of the lads’s squad was underwhelming this time with not one of the seven in fray managing to enter the medal rounds.
In all, the event featured over 450 boxers from 36 international locations, together with conventional powerhouses reminiscent of Kazakhstan, Italy, Russia, France and Ukraine, the place Russia launched a army operation on Thursday regardless of international enchantment for restraint.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
