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Indian boxing star Nikhat Zareen (BFI)
Nikhat Zareen and Manju Rani entered the quarter-finals on the sixth Elite Girls’s Nationwide Boxing Championships
World Championships medallists Nikhat Zareen and Manju Rani registered thumping 5-0 victories to enter the quarter-finals of the sixth Elite Girls’s Nationwide Boxing Championships on Thursday.
The reigning world champion Nikhat, representing Telangana, thrashed Meghalaya’s Eva Waynie Marbaniang within the 50kg pre-quarterfinals bout, whereas Railways Sports activities Promotion Board’s (RSPB) Manju Rani additionally produced an equally dominating efficiency to defeat Uttarakhand’s Kavita comprehensively within the 48kg Final-16 contest. Manju Rani received the silver medal within the 2019 World Championships.
In the meantime, one other RSPB boxer Jyoti Gulia, the 2017 youth world champion, additionally progressed into the 52kg Final-8 after beating Jharkhand’s Neha Tantubai by unanimous determination.
Chandigarh’s Simran (48kg) and M Dhivya of Tamil Nadu (54kg) had been among the many different pugilists to emerge victorious and advance to quarter-finals on the third day of the competitors, whereby 302 boxers have been competing throughout 12 weight classes.
Whereas Simran outpunched A Ritu Rao of Odisha by Referee Stops the Contest verdict, Dhivya obtained the higher of Arunachal Pradesh’s Muni Leya by 5-0.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) of Assam might be amongst others to play their Final-16 matches on Friday whereas quarter-finals will happen on Saturday.
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