Mary Kom strikes gold in India Open; Manish Kaushik gets lucky
Other Sports | February 01, 2018 19:11 ISTMary Kom won against Filipino Josie Gabuco 4-1 en route to her gold in the 48kg category among women.
Mary Kom won against Filipino Josie Gabuco 4-1 en route to her gold in the 48kg category among women.
Also advancing but with a hard-fought win was L Sarita Devi (60kg) as home favourites enjoyed another stellar day and looked good to walk away with most of the medals.
Sarita defeated Haryana's Monika 5-0 to set up a clash with Railways Sports Promotion Board's Pavitra. Pavitra got the better of Uttarakhand's Priyanka Choudhary 5-0.
In his last three title fights held in India, Vijender has won all three with two knockout wins and one unanimously.
Mary Kom, a five-time world champion and Olympic bronze- medallist, scripted history on Wednesday by becoming the first boxer to claim five gold medals at the continental meet.
Shiva lost on a split verdict to SSCB's Manish Kaushik, settling for the silver medal in the lightweight (60kg) category.
Manoj's summit clash rival would be SSCB's Duryodhan Singh, who defeated Madhya Pradesh's Manish Uikey.
The three-time Asian Championships medallist will be up against Punjab's Palwinder Singh in his lightweight (60kg) semifinal clash tomorrow.
Commonwealth Games silver-winner L Devendro Singh had to pull out after being declared medically unfit due to a cut sustained above his eye in yesterday's bout.
Shiva is representing Assam in the Championships, having claimed the gold medal for the state in the last edition of the event.
The Rajya Sabha MP fought six bouts during the trials and won all despite facing younger rivals in the likes of World Championships silver-medallist Sarjubala Devi among others.
The Olympic bronze-medallist had announced her decision to shuffle between 48kg and 51kg categories, depending on tournaments.
India will take on their arch-rivals Pakistan during the tournament, which will also see a host of other SAARC countries participating.
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