Junior World Boxing Championships 2023: Payal, Nisha, Akansha clinch gold, India finish with 17 medals
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India also finished with the second joint-best gold medal tally in the tournament.
Young boxers Payal, Nisha, and Akansha put up dominating performances to emerge champions at the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships 2023 in Yerevan, Armenia as India concluded the impressive campaign with 17 medals.
Payal handed India its first gold at the prestigious championships when she outclassed the local favorite Petrosyan Heghine of Armenia by a unanimous decision in the girl’s 48kg final.
Later, Asian youth champions Nisha and Akansha lived up to the expectations as they extended their dream runs to clinch gold medals in style. Nisha (52kg) and Akansha (70kg) thrashed Abdullaoeva Farinoz of Tajikistan and Taimazova Elizaveta of Russia respectively with an identical 5-0 margin.
Meanwhile, three other girls in action on the final day — Vini (57kg), Shrushti (63kg), and Megha (80kg) signed off with silver medals after suffering defeats in their respective gold medal matches.
In the boys’ section, Sahil (75kg) and Hemant (80+ kg) added silver medals to the Indian tally after going down 0-5 in their respective finals. Jatin (54kg) also put up a strong fight against Tulebek Nurassyl of Kazakhstan before losing 1-4 in a thrilling match.
India was the dominant force in the prestigious competition as the 26-member squad secured 17 medals including three gold, nine silver, and five bronze medals. Overall, 12 Indians qualified for the finals which was more than any other country in this edition.
The girls’ boxers’ gold medal tally of three was the joint second-best with Kazakhstan, only behind Russia’s 4 gold medals.
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India’s Medallists
Girls
(Gold) Payal (48kg), Nisha (52kg) and Akansha (70kg);
(Silver) Amisha (54kg), Vini (57kg), Shrushti Sathe (63kg) Megha (80kg), Prachi Tokas (80+kg);
(Bronze) Neha Lunthi (46kg), Pari (50kg), Nidhi Dhull (66kg) and Kritika (75kg)
Boys
(Silver) Jatin (54kg), Sahil (75kg), Hardik Panwar (80kg) Hemant Sangwan (80+kg);
(Bronze) Sikandar (48kg)
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