Five youth boxers strike gold at Asian Championships

Astana (Kazakhstan)

Five youth boxers — Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda, Yashwardhan Singh, Laxmi and Nisha — clinched gold medals at the ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships. Brijesh beat Tajikistan’s Muminov Muinkhodzha 5-0 in the men’s 48kg final. Aryan (51kg) also won 5-0 against Kyrgyzstan’s Kamilov Zafarbek. Yashwardhan (63.5kg) beat Gafurov Ruslan of Tajikistan 4-1. In the women’s category, reigning junior world champion Nisha (52kg) beat Kazakhstan’s Otynbay Bagzhan 5-0. Laxmi (50kg) won after the referee stopped her contest against Enkh Nomundari of Mongolia.    

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Buenos Aires
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Dharamsala
India’s first-ever ‘hybrid pitch’ unveiled
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