Chennai, July 12: Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) and Haryana pugilists stamped their authority by clinching the team championship titles of the men’s and women’s categories respectively at the 5th Youth Men’s and Women’s National Boxing Championships here on Tuesday.
In the men’s category, SSCB boxers pulled off a stunning show on the final day of the competition as nine of their 11 finalists emerged victorious and took home the gold medals as well the team championship trophy with 81 points, finishing at top of the table with 11 medals, including 2 silver medals.
Reigning Asian Youth Champion Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) started the day’s proceedings for Services with a 4-1 win over Haryana’s Vishesh.
The other eight gold medal winners for SSCB were Jadumani Mandengbam (51kg), Ashish (54kg), Nikhil Kumar (57kg), Harsh (60kg), Preet Malik (63.5kg), Ankush Panghal (67kg), Deepak (75kg), Mohit (86kg).
Anjani Kumar (71kg) and Rytham (92+kg) were the two silver medallists for SSCB.
Haryana and Madhya Pradesh claimed second and third position respectively in the men’s section with 44 and 28 points. While Haryana won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals, Madhya Pradesh finished with one gold, two silver and three bronze medals.
Haryana’s Sahil Chauhan (71kg), who defeated SSCB’s Anjani 3-2 in the final, was adjudged Best Boxer while Haryana’s Akshat was the Most Promising Boxer for his display throughout the tournament. Bharat Joon (92kg) was the other gold medallist from Haryana.
Madhya Pradesh’s Aman Singh (92+kg) defeated Rytham of SSCB 5-0 to bag the gold medal.
Rockey Chaudhary (80kg) was the lone gold medal winner for Uttar Pradesh beating Haryana’s Ishan Kataria 3-2 in a close contest.
In the women’s section, led by Bhawna’s (48kg) 4-1 win over Delhi’s Sanjana and Asian Youth champion Tamanna’s (50kg) 5-0 win against Himachal Pradesh’s Kashish, nine Haryana boxers won the finals. The team finished on top with 72 points and 11 medals including two silver.
Neeru Khatri (54kg), Ravina (63kg), Priyanka (66kg), Lashu Yadav (70kg), Muskan (75kg) Pranjal Yadav (81kg) and Kirti (81+kg) were the other seven gold medallists. Anjali (52kg) and Prachi (60kg) were the (60kg) were the two silver medallists for Haryana.
Maharashtra and Delhi finished second and third respectively in the women’s category with 34 and 18 points. Devika Ghorpade of Maharashtra got the better of Haryana’s Anjali 5-0 in the 52kg final and was awarded with the Best Boxer trophy. Aarya Bartakke (57kg) was Maharashtra’s second gold medallist as she defeated Naom Chingsanuami of Mizoram in the final.
Kunjarani Devi (60kg) handed Manipur its only gold medal defeating Haryana’s Prachi 5-0. (UNI)
