Indian young boxers won a total of 39 medals, including 15 gold, in the ongoing Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan. In the medal tally, the Indian contingent ended its journey by finishing third. Viswanath Suresh (48kg) and Viswanath (63.5kg) ended India’s campaign with gold medals in the men’s youth category.
India’s young boxers won 18 medals, including seven gold, three silver and eight bronze, while the junior team continued its campaign with a total of 21 medals, eight gold, seven silver and six bronze. Chennai’s boxer Vishwanath defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Ergeshov Bekjat 5-0 on Monday night.
Sonipat’s dynasty defeated Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Unataliev 4-1. Aman Singh Bisht, however, had to be content with a silver medal after a 1-4 loss to local boxer Al Rawashdeh in the over 92kg category final. In the last season of the tournament, Vishwanath and Vanshman had won silver while Aman had won bronze.
Raman (51kg), Anand Yadav (54kg) and Deepak got bronze medals after losing in the semi-finals. The Indian youth team finished third in the medal tally with 18 medals. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan finished first two places with 23 and 22 medals, respectively. Among young women, Nivedita Karki (48kg), Tamannaah (50kg), Shaheen Gill (60kg), Raveena (63kg) and Muskaan (75kg) won gold medals on Monday.
In the junior category, Vini (50kg), Yakshika (52kg), Nikita Chand (60kg), Vidhi (57kg), Srishti Sathe (63kg) and Rudrika (75kg) won the girls while Krish Pal and Yashvardhan Singh won. Won gold medals in boys’ category. The Indian junior team finished second behind Uzbekistan.
India won a total of 39 medals like last season but this time won one more gold medal than last season’s 14. 352 boxers from 21 countries including India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part in the tournament.
young women)
Gold: Nivedita Karki (48kg), Tamanna (50kg), Shaheen Gill (60kg), Raveena (63kg), Muskaan (75kg)
Silver: Priyanka (66kg) and Kirti (+81kg)
Bronze: Renu (52kg), Tanisha Lamba (54kg), Prachi (57kg), Pranjal Yadav (70kg) and Sneha (81kg).
young (male)
Gold: Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) and Viswanath (63.5kg)
Silver: Aman Singh Bisht (+92kg)
Bronze: Raman (51kg), Anand Yadav (54kg) and Deepak (75kg).
Junior (Girls)