Asian Boxing: Simranjit, Monika, Jasmine bag bronze medals
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28 May 2021, 04:18 GMT+10
Dubai [UAE], May 27 (ANI): Boxers Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Monika (48kg), and Jasmine (57kg) secured bronze after suffering identical 5-0 defeats against Kazakh boxers Rimma Volossenko, Alua Balkibekova, and Vladislava Kukhta respectively in their semi-final bouts at the 2021 ASBC Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai on Thursday.
Meanwhile, extending the winning momentum, two-time youth world champion Sakshi pulled off a power-packed performance and upstaged the 2016 world champion Dina Zholaman of Kazakhstan 3-2 in the 54kg last-4 clash and set up a gold medal match with Uzbek boxer Sitora Shogdarova.
Ace India boxer Mary Kom also made her way into the final after defeating Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg in the women s 51kg semi-final.
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Asian boxing: 5 Indians enter gold medal round
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Dubai, May 28 : Five Indian women, including six-time world champion MC Maykom, entered the gold medal round of the Asian Boxing Championship here. The national team has already won five bronze medals.
Lalbuatsaihi entered the gold medal round of the women s 64kg after she outplayed Kuwait s Noura Almutairi. The referee stopped the contest in the second round.
Pooja Rani got a walkover in the women s 75kg while Anupama entered the final of women s plus-81kg by defeating Mokhira Abdullaeva of Uzbekistan 4-1.
Earlier, Marykom provided a flying start to India by scoring a 4-1 win against Mongolia s Latsaikhan Altantsetseg to enter the gold medal round of the women s 51kg category.
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