India assured of four more medals as Simranjit Kaur, three others advance to semi-finals-Sports News , Firstpost

File picture of Simranjit Kaur. Picture credit score: BFI

Dubai: 4 Indian boxers, together with three ladies, superior to the semi-finals with spectacular victories as India’s assured medal tally swelled to 12 within the Asian Championships in Dubai.

Sanjeet (91kg), Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine (57kg) and the Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur (60kg) joined Shiva Thapa (64kg) within the final 4 stage following late night time wins of their quarter-final bouts on Tuesday.

They added to the seven medals, together with that of six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg), that had been assured on the day of attracts.

India Open gold-winner Sanjeet defeated Jasur Qurbonov of Tajikistan 5-0 to enter the semi-finals within the males’s draw together with Thapa.

His subsequent opponent is final version’s silver-medallist Sanjar Tursunov of Uzbekistan who has been seeded third this 12 months.

Within the ladies’s competitors, Sakshi (54kg) acquired the higher of Tajikistan’s Ruhafzo Haqazarova 5-0 to arrange a conflict towards prime seed Dina Zholaman of Kazakhstan.

Jaismine edged previous Oyuntsetseg Yesugen of Mongolia 4-1 and can now sq. off towards Vladislava Kukhta of Kazakhstan.

Simranjit, who lately recovered from COVID-19 , defeated Raykhona Kodirova of Uzbekistan 4-1. Her subsequent opponent can also be a Kazakh in Rimma Volossenko.

On Wednesday, India’s Olympic-bound males pugilists Amit Panghal (52kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) will kick-start their marketing campaign.

World Championships silver-medallist and defending champion Panghal will face Mongolia’s Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh.

The 2 fought on the 2020 Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Amman, Jordan the place the Indian had triumphed in a gruelling contest.

Asian Video games champion Vikas Krishan will sq. off towards Iran’s Moslem Malamir, whereas final version’s silver-winner Ashish will face World Championships and Asian Video games silver-medallist Abilkhan Amankul of Kazakhstan.