Indian women shine at Balkan boxing meet
Monday - October 23, 2017 9:14 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Sofia (Bulgaria) Oct 23 (IANS) Indian women pugilists rounded off the Balkan International Boxing Championship here by clinching five more medals including a coveted gold.
The country s youth boxers had set the tone on Saturday by sweeping eight medals and also becoming the most successful team in the competition.
On Sunday Lalfakmawii Ralte (+81 kg) was the star of the day. She outclassed Iryna her Ukrainian opponent 5-0 in the final to clinch the gold.
Pwilao Basumatary (57 kg) too put up a grand show before going down to Hungary s E. Helena to settle for the silver.
M.K. Devi Maisnam (54 kg) Jyoti (64 kg) and Nirmala Rawat narrowly lost out to their respective opponents in the semi-finals to pick up a bronze each.
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