New Delhi, Feb 25: Youth world champion Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) and Parveen (63kg) bowed out of the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament after losing closely-contested quarterfinal bouts in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Choudhary, the reigning national champion, was out-witted 1-4 by reigning Olympic champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey, while Parveen went down 2-3 to Russia’s Nataliya Sychugova in the last-eight stage on Thursday.
Surmeneli, who is also a world champion, had beaten Lovlina Borgohain in the Tokyo Olympic semi-finals.
Earlier, Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Nitu (48kg) entered the semis to assure India of two more medals. (PTI)
