Haryana’s Poonam is ahead of Assam’s Jamuna Boro in the 57kg semi-finals of the 36th National Games being held in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. , photo credit: VV Krishnan
National champion Akash Sangwan entered the men’s 67kg final after beating world and Asian medalist Shiv Thapa in a thrilling semi-final bout in the boxing arena of the National Games here on Tuesday. Akash, who registered a 3-2 win, will take on Haryana’s Sagar on Wednesday.
The long service boxer with a southeast stance performed without pressure and mixed his combination and body shots well against Shiva, who tried his best to catch in the third round but lost.
Saddened by the news of his coach’s death in a road accident, Nikhil Dubey defeated Thailand Open champion Sumit Kundu 4-1 to enter the 75kg final.
Young Poonam relied on her sharp hands to beat world bronze medalist Jamuna Boro 4-1 in a close 57kg bout.
Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain and world medalist Sweety Bura in women’s 75kg, Olympian Simranjit Kaur in 66kg and Commonwealth Games medalist Jasmine Lamboria and men’s 57kg set up mouthwatering summit clash with Commonwealth Games double medalist Muhammad Muhammad Husamuddin and world youth champion Sachin Siwach Jr.
Important Results (Semifinal): Men: 51kg: Ankit Sharma (H) bt Sparsh Kumar (Re) 5-0, Avinash Chandel (HP) bt Karan Rupini (Tri) 5-0; 57 kg: Muhammad Hussamuddin (SSCB) bt Lallavmawma (Miz) 5-0, Sachin Siwach Jr (Hr) bt Asif Ali (Gujarat) 5-0; 60kg: Etash Mohammad Khan (SSCB) bt Pawan Gurung (Utq) 5-0, Vijay Kumar (Pun) bt Maison Moirangthem (Man) 4-1; 67 kg: Sagar (HR) bt Chander Mohan (HP) 3-2, Akash Sangwan (SSCB) bt Shiv Thapa (Assam) 3-2; 75 kg: Nikhil Dubey (Maharashtra) bt Sumit Kundu (SSCB) 4-1, Malsawmitlunga (Miz) bt Pushpendra Rathi (Goa) 5-0; 80kg: Sachin Kumar (SSCB) bt Sumit Poonia (Raj) 5-0, Vineet (Har) bt Harpreet (CHD) 5-0; 92 kg: Naveen Kumar (Hr) bt Kanwarpreet Singh (Re) 4-1, Sanjeet (SSCB) bt Neeraj Kumar (Raj) RSC-R1; +92kg: Narendra (SSCB) bt Reynold Joseph (MAH) 5-0, Sawan Gill (CHD) bt Mohit (HR) RSC-I R1.
Women: 52 kg: Meenakshi (H) bt Rashi Sharma (UP) 5-0, Shobhaja Kohli (UTK) bt Anjali Sharma (MP) 4-1; 57 kg: Poonam (Hr) bt Jamuna Boro (Assam) 4-1, Mandeep Kaur (Pun) bt Savita (Chad) 5-0; 60kg: Jasmine Lamboria (H) bt Praveesh Kontoujam (Man) 5-0, Simranjit Kaur (Re) bt Pavilao Basumatary (Assam) 5-0; 66 kg: Ankushita Boro (Assam) bt Lalita (Raj) 5-0, Alina Thounaojam (Man) bt Komalpreet Kaur (Re) 3-2; 75 kg: Lovlina Borgohain (Assam) bt Ruchita Rajput (Gujarat) 5-0, Sweety Boora (Hr) bt Shretima Thakur (HP) 5-0.