Boxing
Asian Boxing U17 C'ships: 7 Indian boxers advance to the finals
Meanwhile, 11 Indian boxers settled for the bronze medal in their respective categories.
Three Indian women boxers clinched gold medals at the Asian U17 Boxing Championships. (Photo Credits: Asian Boxing)
The young Indian boxers had a mixed day, as only seven out of the 18 boxers had booked their spot in the final of the Asian U17 Boxing Championship in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday.
Six of these boxers are in the women's discipline, where the four female boxers, Jannat (54 Kg), Simranjeet Kaur (60 Kg), Harsika (63 Kg), and Anshika (80+ Kg), had a unanimous victory in their semi-final bouts.
Meanwhile, Khusi Chand (46 Kg) edged past Ukraine's Oleksandra Cherevata on the split decision (3:2) in her semifinal, and Ahanna Sharma (50 Kg) took a knockout win over her Kyrgyz opponent.
The other five Indian female boxers, Jiya (48 Kg), Prachi (66), Himanshi (70 Kg), Sanvi (75 Kg), and Prachi Khatri (80 Kg), lost their semi-final bouts and settled for a bronze medal.
Devansh into the final
On the other hand, India had a pretty bad day in the men's boxing discipline as six of the seven boxers failed to win their respective semifinal bouts.
Hence, these six boxers, Ambekar Meetai (48 Kg), Aman Dev (50 Kg), Tikam Singh (52 Kg), Udham Singh (54 Kg), Rahul Gariya (57 Kg), and Aman Siwach (63 Kg), settled for bronze medals.
Meanwhile, Devansh (80 Kg), who was the only Indian boxer to reach the final of the men's discipline, had a 4-1 win over Vietnam's Trong Tien Nguyen in his semi-final bout.
The competition will have its first rest day on Monday, before it moves to the finals of the U15 class in both boys' and girls' disciplines on Tuesday, having 14 Indian boxers in action.
