Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: swapnil shashank
Updated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:21 PM IST
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Competing in his second international tournament at the senior level, defending national champion Sumit registered an impressive 5-0 win over his opponent on Sunday.
Sumit Kundu
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Indian boxer Sumit Kundu (75kg) made a stellar start to his opening match of the tournament at the 73rd Strandja Memorial in Sofia, Bulgaria by defeating World Championships silver medalist Zhambulat Bizamov of Russia while three other Indian players suffered their first round defeats. faced.
Competing in his second international tournament at the senior level, defending national champion Sumit registered an impressive 5-0 win over his opponent on Sunday. He will face Ukraine’s Alexander Khizniak in the second round.
Narendra Berwal (over 92kg), Varinder Singh (60kg) and Lakshya Chahar (86kg), however, lost in their opening rounds. Narendra was defeated by Spain’s Ayub Gadda Drisi 3-2, while Varinder and Chahar lost to Russia’s Artur Subhakhankulov and Sharbutdin Atayev by 5-0 and 4-1 margins, respectively.
Akash collides with Germany’s Daniel
Four Indian boxers will begin their campaign on the second day of Europe’s oldest international boxing tournament. In the men’s section, Akash Sangwan (67kg), who had a bye in the opening round, will take on German boxer Daniel Kröter in his second round match.
Shiksha (54kg) will face defending Asian champion Dina Zholaman of Kazakhstan. Apart from them, Neetu (48kg) and Anamika (50kg) will also start their campaign. More than 450 boxers from 36 countries are participating in the tournament. Last time India won two medals in this tournament. Deepak Kumar won silver and Naveen Bura won bronze.