New Delhi: Indian women claimed four gold medals to top the performance chart at the Asian Boxing Championships with a total of 10 podium finishes in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Along with four gold medals, India also bagged two silver and four bronze as every member of the women’s team got a medal though limited participation in some weight categories meant Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Pooja Rani (80kg) and Alfiya received medals for participating as their field had only three boxers.
Minakshi (48kg) claimed the first gold of the day with a 5–0 rout of Mongolia’s Nomundari Enkh-Amgalan, followed by Preeti (54kg), who thumped three-time world champion and Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Huang Hsiao-wen of Chinese Taipei 5-0.
Priya (60kg) secured India’s third gold with a 3–0 victory over North Korea’s Won Un-gyong while Arundhati (70kg) notched up a 4-1 win against Kazakhstan’s Bakyt Seidish in the final.
Jaismine (57kg) slumped to a 0-5 loss against two-time world championships silver medallist Punrawee Ruenros (Jutamas Jitpong) of Thailand.
Alfiyan Pathan (80+kg) went down by a similar margin to Dina Islambekova of Kazakhstan to claim India’s second silver medal.
Earlier, Nikhat Zareen (54 kg), the two-time world champion, Ankushita Boro (65kg), Lovlina (75kg) and Pooja (80kg) were beaten in the semi-finals to bag bronze medals.
In the men’s section, Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) and Sachin Siwach (60kg) will battle for gold medal in their final round matches on Friday.