10 Haryana boxers in junior women s nationals semis

Rohtak (Haryana) Nov 8 (IANS) On the fourth day of the inaugural edition of the Junior Women s National Boxing Championship 10 boxers from Haryana out of their 13-member contingent qualified for the semi-finals here on Wednesday.

Haryana s rampage started with Sanjeeta in the 48kg category as she outclassed Sushila Vita of Punjab. They continued their fabulous run with Minakshi (50kg) defeating Uttar Pradesh s Rinki Inder Kishore.

The mantle was then handed over to Poonam (52kg) who outpunched Himachal Pradesh s Deepika to make her way into the semi-finals. Buoyed by the spirited performances Yogita (54kg) defeated Divya from Maharashtra to assure the fourth medal for her state.

Local lass Priyanka (57kg) who has had a great tournament so far defeated Punjab s Navdeep Kaur in a one-sided affair. Yashi Sharma (60kg) also repeated the feat when she emerged on top against UP s Sakhi Patel.

Vinka (63kg) Deepti (66kg) Raj Saiba (70kg) and Sushma (80kg) also made their way into the semi-finals to assure a grand tally of ten medals for Haryana.

However Alisha Singhal (+80kg) and Neha (75kg) lost out to Rajasthan s Lipakshi and Punjab s Diksha Rajput respectively.

--IANS
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