Haryana boxers dominate as 11 women storm into semis

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Up to date: Jul 21, 2021 23:41 IST

New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Eleven Haryana boxers, led by reigning world champion Gitika, progressed into the semi-finals of the Fourth Youth Males’s and Ladies’s Nationwide Championships at Delhi Public College (DPS) in Sonipat.
Gitika (48kg) continued her spectacular run within the match as she confirmed attacking prowess and maturity on her strategy to a 5-0 win over Delhi’s Sanjana within the last-8 bout. Gitika will now sq. off towards Ragini Upadhyay of Uttar Pradesh within the semi-final on Thursday.
Within the gentle flyweight 50 kg quarter-finals, Haryana’s Tamanna began the proceedings towards Chandigarh’s Kajal with a flurry of punches and dominated all through earlier than the referee stopped the competition (RSC) and declared former because the winner to start with of the second spherical of the bout.
The remaining 9 boxers from Haryana who made it to the semi-final are Neeru (52kg), Neha (54kg), Preeti (57kg), Preeti Dahiya (60kg), Khushi (63kg), Lashu Yadav (70kg), Saneha (75kg), Nidhi (81kg) and Deepika (+81kg).
Chandigarh’s Neha (48kg) and Punjab’s Suvidha (50kg) additionally cruised into the semi-finals with victories towards West Bengal’s Monika Mallick and Tamil Nadu’s Dilsad Begum respectively.

In the meantime, within the males’s class, the boxers from Companies Sports activities Management Board, led by 2021 Youth World Championship bronze medallist Bishwamitra Chongtham (51kg) dominated the proceedings as three of them sailed into the semi-finals. Different two SSCB Boxers had been Vishwanath Suresh and Victor Singh (54kg).
The semi-final bouts of each women and men classes might be performed on Thursday.
With the presence of 479 boxers from throughout the nation, the fourth version of the Youth Males’s and Ladies’s Nationwide championships is the primary home boxing occasion happening in India after greater than a yr attributable to Covid-19 pandemic.
The continued youth occasion might be adopted by the third version of the Junior Boys Nationwide Championships and the fourth version of Junior Women Nationwide Championships that are scheduled from July 26 to 31.
The Youth and Junior Nationwide Championships present a very good alternative for boxers to showcase their abilities as the highest performers might be chosen for the 2021 ASBC Youth & Junior Boxing Championships that are slated to happen in Dubai from August 17-31. (ANI)