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As Indian boxers bagged 9 medals together with three golds on the Cologne Boxing World Cup held in Germany, Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Sunday mentioned that the nation has managed to realize super progress within the sport. “Our Indian boys and girls have won 9 medals including 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals at the prestigious Cologne Boxing World Cup. India has achieved tremendous progress in Boxing. My hearty congratulations to our star boxers” tweeted Rijiju.
Our Indian girls and boys have gained 9 medals together with 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bonze Medals on the prestigious Cologne Boxing World Cup. India has achieved super progress in Boxing.
My hearty congratulations to our star Boxers! pic.twitter.com/tZE680sSPT
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 20, 2020
Indian boxers bagged 9 medals together with three golds, two silver, and 4 bronze on the Cologne Boxing World Cup. The three gold medals had been bagged by Amit Panghal, Manisha Moun, and Simranjit Kaur because the Indian pugilists efficiently ended their 67-days Europe coaching and competitors marketing campaign.
Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur Baath impressed within the semi-finals and competed in opposition to Maya Kleinhans within the title bout. The Indian decreased the preventing distance efficiently in opposition to the taller opponent and gained the bout by a cut up determination taking the gold medal within the 60kg class.
In the 57kg class remaining, which noticed an all-India struggle between Manisha Moun and two-time Women’s Youth World Champion Sakshi Choudhary. The youthful Sakshi tried to land fast punches and overcame her counterpart within the first spherical. However, Manisha moved extra on her ft from the second spherical and didn’t give any possibilities to Sakshi earlier than profitable the bout 3:2 in a keenly fought contest. Sakshi ended her marketing campaign with a silver in Cologne.
The 2018 Asian Games gold medallist and 2019 Asian Champion Panghal gained the round-robin competitors on the males’s flyweight (52kg). The 25-year-old Indian defeated considered one of his fundamental rivals, France’s World Boxing Championships bronze medalists Billal Bennama on his option to the ultimate. He was given a walkover within the remaining by his German opponent.
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India’s tremendous heavyweight (+91kg) boxer Satish Kumar had an emotional finish to his marketing campaign as he defeated France’s Djamili Dini Moindze within the semis however sadly, he needed to withdraw in opposition to Germany’s Nelvie Tiafack owing to an harm within the summit conflict and accept Silver.
Sonia Lather (57kg), Pooja Rani (75kg) Gaurav Solanki (57kg), and Mohamed Hussamudin (57kg) claimed the bronze medal of their respective classes.
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