Khelo: Haryana, Maha, Manipur Boxers Shine
Boxers from Haryana, Maharashtra and Manipur launched their campaigns on a winning note on the first day of the Under-17 boxing event at the Khelo India Youth Games here on Sunday.
Pune, Jan 13 (PTI) Boxers from Haryana, Maharashtra and Manipur launched their campaigns on a winning note on the first day of the Under-17 boxing event at the Khelo India Youth Games here on Sunday.
In the boys' light bantam (52kg) category, Haryana's Harshit outpunched Deepak Kumar of Goa 5-0 while his state-mate Sachin prevailed over Hikum Haji of Arunachal Pradesh by an identical score in the light fly (48kg) category, a media release issued here said.
The Maharashtra team --Naoba Singh, Bishwamitra Chongthham, Yaiphaba Meitei and Soibam Singh all winning their respective bouts.
In the girls' Under-17 category, Maharashtra's Aarya Kulkarni beat Delhi's Sakshi Choudhary 5-0 in the light bantam (52kg) and was joined in the next round by state mate Prajkta Shinde who beat Mudrika Gururani of Uttarakhand in the same category.
Haryana girls also started on a winning note as Sheetal Rani advanced with a close 3-2 win over Komal of Punjab in the flyweight (50kg) category.
Results: Girls U-17Pin Weight (46kg):Priyanka Borah (Aam) bt Anjali Choudhary (Raj) 5-0; Sanjana (Del) bt Ragini Upadhyay (UP) 5-0; Devika Ghorpade (Mah) bt Oinam Pinky Chanu (Man) 5-0; Rinku (Har) bt Gora Yalung (Aru) Boys U-17Light Fly (48kg):Sachin (Har) bt Hikum Haji (Aru) 5-0; Ravi Kashyap (UP) bt Puran Rai (Skm), Naoba Singh (Mah) bt Aditya Gaud (Mah) 4-0.
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