India finished the Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships with a total of 43 medals. Image: X / @Media_SAI
Preeti, who is bound for the 2024 Paris Olympics later this year, clinched gold medal at the Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan’s Astana on Tuesday. Apart from Preeti, six other Indian boxers too clinched gold as India finished the competition with a total of 43 medals.
Preeti, taking part in the 54kg category, was 0-5 down in the first round but bounced back to beat Kazakhstan’s Bazarova Elina 3-0 in the final. The Indian boxers won 12 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals to finish second behind hosts Kazakhstan who bagged a total of 48 medals.
The first gold medal on Tuesday went to Vishvanath Suresh in the 48kg category with the reigning defeating Kazakhstan’s Karap Yernar 5-0.
Nikhil (57kg) defeated Sabyr Yerbolat of Kazakhstan with a referee stopped contest (RSC) win in the third round.
Akash Gorkha (60kg) secured a 4-1 win over Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kuzeubayev to win India’s third gold medal in the men’s category.
In the women’s category, Poonam Poonia (57kg) and Prachi (63kg) defeated Kazakhstan’s Sakysh Anel and Anar Tursynbek respectively with an identical 4-1 scoreline.
Later, Muskan (75kg) was made to work hard by Uzbekistan’s Zokirova Aziza for a 3-2 split decision but one that gave India’s its seventh gold medal.
Preet Malik (67kg), Guddi (48kg), Tamanna (50kg), Saneh (70kg) and Alfiya Pathan (81kg) finished their campaigns with silver medals after going down in their respective finals.
The Indian U-22 team grabbed a total of 21 medals including seven gold, five silver and nine bronze medals.
List of medal winners:
Youth medallists: Gold – Men’s: Brijesh Tamta (48kg), Aryan Hooda (51kg), Yashwardhan Singh (63.5kg); Women’s: Laxmi (50kg), Nisha (52kg); Silver – Men’s: Sagar Jakhar (60kg), Priyanshu (71kg), Rahul Kundu (75kg), Aryan (92kg); Women’s: Tamanna (54kg), Nikita Chand (60kg), Shrushti Sathe (63kg), Rudrika (75kg), Khushi Pooniya (81kg); Bronze – Men’s: Sumit (67kg), Sahil (80kg), Lakshay Rathi (92+kg); Women’s: Annu (48kg), Yatri Patel (57kg), Parthavi Grewal (66kg), Akansha Phalaswal (70kg), Nirjhara Bana (+81kg).
U-22 medallists: Gold – Men’s: Vishvanath Suresh (48kg), Nikhil (57kg), Akash Gorkha (60kg); Women’s: Preeti (54kg), Poonam Poonia (57kg), Prachi (63kg), Muskan (75kg); Silver – Men’s Preet Malik (67kg); Women’s – Guddi (48kg), Tamanna (50kg), Saneh (70kg), Alfiya Pathan (81kg); Bronze – Men’s: M Jadumani Singh (51kg), Ajay Kumar (63.5kg), Ankush (71kg), Dhruv Singh (80kg), Jugnoo (86kg), Yuvraj (92kg); Women’s – Devika (52kg), Kajal (66kg), Ritika (+81kg).
With PTI inputs

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