India win 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze in boxing; 3 gold, 2 silver in beach wrestling
BAHRAIN, Oct 30: India continued their impressive show at the Youth Asian Games, clinching four golds, two silvers and one bronze in boxing, along with three gold and two silver medals in beach wrestling here on Thursday.
India’s medal tally has swelled to 47 medals, including 13 golds, 17 silvers and 17 bronze.
The boxers delivered a historic performance, finishing with the highest medal tally by any discipline in the Indian contingent as Khushi Chand (46kg), Ahaana Sharma (50kg), Chandrika Bhoreshi Pujari (54kg), and Anshika (+80kg) secured gold medals.
Khushi defeated China’s Luo Jinxiu 4:1, displaying exceptional precision and control, while Ahaana followed with a first-round Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) win against Ma Jong Hyang of Korea.
Chandrika then secured gold with a commanding 5:0 decision over Uzbekistan’s Muhammadova Kumriniso and Anshika added the fourth gold, while Harnoor Kaur (66kg) claimed silver after a hard-fought bout.
On the boys’ side, Lanchenba Singh Moibungkhongbam (50kg) fought valiantly but narrowly missed gold, taking silver against Kazakhstan’s Nurmakhan Zhumagali.
Earlier, Anant Deshmukh (66kg) clinched bronze, rounding off a stellar campaign for India’s young boxers.
In beach wrestling, Sani Subhash Fulmali and Anjali won gold medals in the boys’ and girls’ 60kg and 55kg categories respectively, while Arjun Ruhil also finished on top in the boys’ 90kg event.
Sujay Nagnath Tanpure (70kg) and Ravinder (80kg) settled for silver medals after losing their respective finals.
In the title bouts, Sani Subhash beat Iran’s Amirali Domirkolaei 2-0, Anjali defeated Vietnam’s Bui Ngoc Thao Thom 2-1, and Arjun overcame Iran’s Mohammadmahdi Fotouhi in the 90kg category.
Sujay went down 1-2 to Iran’s Sina Shokouhi, while Ravinder lost 1-2 to Touraj Khodaei, also of Iran.
In Judo, Monika Khuyenthem lost to Sashenka Fatimah in girls 63Kg final to sign off with a silver, while Harshit claimed a bronze in boys 73 kg.
Mixed doubles pair of Sarthak Arya and Syndrela Das claimed a bronze medal in table tennis after losing in the semifinals to Chinese pair of tang Yiren and Hu Yi. (PTI)
