New Delhi: National champion Rohit Chamoli on Sunday stunned Otgonbayar Tuvshinjaya of Mongolia 3-2 to clinch India’s maiden gold medal at the ongoing 2021 ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai.
Chandigarh’s Rohit continued his impressive run at the prestigious continental event after making a cautious start in the final of the junior boys’ 48kg weight category with a precise attack to gain an edge over his Mongolian rival in a close contest to clinch the gold medal. Be successful. Gaurav Saini (70kg) and India June (+81kg) will fight for the gold medal in their respective categories in the evening on Sunday.
Apart from these Muskan (46 kg), Vishu Rathi (48 kg), Tanu (52 kg), Aanchal Saini (57 kg), Nikita (60 kg), Mahi Raghav (63 kg), Rudrika (70 kg), Pranjal Yadav ( 75kg), Sanjana (81kg) and Keerthi (+81kg) are the 10 boxers from the country who have reached the finals in the girls’ category.
India has already won six bronze medals in the junior event, with Devika Ghorpade (50kg), Arzoo (54kg), and Supriya Rawat (66kg) in the girls’ category while Ashish (54kg), Anshul (57kg) and Ankush (66kg)) won medals in the boys’ category.
In the last Asian Junior Championships 2019, India finished third with 21 medals (six gold, nine silver, and six bronze). In the junior category, gold medalists will be awarded $4,000 while silver and bronze medalists will receive $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. 15 Indian boxers will fight for gold in the finals of the youth competition to be held on Monday.
Nivedita (48kg), Tamanna (50kg), Simran (52kg), Neha (54kg), Preeti (57kg), Preeti Dahiya (60kg), Khushi (63kg), Sneha (66kg), Khushi (75kg), Tanishbir (81kg) in the women’s section while Vishwanath Suresh (48kg), Vishwamitra Chongtham (51kg), Jaideep Rawat (71kg), Vanshman (64kg) and Vishal (80kg) will play in the men’s finals.
The championship, being held after a gap of almost two years due to the pandemic, has provided the much-needed competitive environment to the promising young talent at the Asian level. This is the first time that both the age groups – junior and youth – the championship is being held simultaneously.
