Indian boxers settle for silvers in Russia

New Delhi, July 12 (PTI) Indian pugilists had to settle
for silvers after all three boxers -- Amandeep Singh, Akshay
Kumar and Manpreet Singh -- lost their respective final bouts
in the Magomed – Salam Umakhanov Memorial Boxing Championship
in Makhachkala, Russia.

In the 48kg final Amandeep lost to Olympian Danielyn
Oganes of Armenia by a slender margin of 3:5, while Akshay
Kumar lost to Polynsky Dmitry of Russia 1:4 in the 57kg
category.

However, it was Manpreet who had the most disappointing
day as he could not even participate in the final due to a
nose injury that he sustained during his hard-fought semifinal
bout against Khomaster Artur of Germany.

Meanwhile, the Indian women team participating in the
International Boxing Tournament at St Petersburg, Russia also
had a mediocre campaign as they could not manage more than one
bronze.

Sangita Devi (81kg) lost to local pugilist Yavorskaya M
on points in the semifinals to bring home the lone medal.

In the 48kg preliminary round, Kalpana Choudhary lost to
V Makresova of Ukraine, while Chhoto Loura went down to Kob
Tatyana of Kazakhstan in 51kg category.

Sushma Kumari (54kg) defeated Russian Usachenko Victoriya
in the preliminary round before going down to Zhang Qin of
China in quarterfinal.

Laxmi Padhya also had a similar fate when she lost to I
Sagaydakovskaya of Russia in the preliminary round of 75kg
category. PTI ATK
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