India dominates at AIBA Youth World Championships as 7 more Indians storm into semis
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New Delhi, April 20: India is dominating in the ongoing AIBA Youth World Championships as seven Indian boxers stormed into the semi-finals on Day 7 in Kielce, Poland with India's Babyrojisana Chanu outclassing defending European Youth Champion Alexas Kubicka at the event.
Apart from Chanu, Arundhati Choudhary (69kg), T Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Ankit Narwal (64kg), Vishal Gupta (91kg), Bishwamitra Chongtham (49kg), and Sachin (56kg) also won their respective quarter-final bouts to progress into the last-4 stage.
With the confirmation of seven more medals, India, who had sent a 20-member contingent, is now assured of 11 medals from the ongoing championship. Earlier on Day 6, Vinka, Alfiya, Gitika, and Poonam had advanced into semi-finals and secured medals for the country.
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In the women's 51kg category, the Asian Youth Champion Chanu with her powerful tactics did not leave any room for her opponent to settle down. In the end, it was a comfortable victory 5-0 for the Indian to progress into the next round. The Manipur boxer Chanu will now take on Lucia Ayari of Italy in the semi-finals.
Other women in action, Arundhati and Sanamacha were also dominant during their quarter-finals as the Rajasthan boxer outpunched Ukraine's Anna Sezko 5-0 while Sanamacha sent Russian Margarita Zueva packing with the referee stopping the contest in the second round.
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In the men's category, Asian Junior Champion Bishwamitra and Asian Youth Championship silver medallist Narwal also lived up to expectations and notched up easy 5-0 victories against Serbian Omer Ametovic and Brazil's Ezequiel Da Cruz respectively in their last-8 clashes. Manish (75kg) and Sumit (69kg) were the only two Indian boxers who suffered defeats in the quarter-finals on Day 7.
Aiming to secure final berths, all the 11 Indian boxers will be seen in action in the semi-finals on the eighth day of the competition. With seven women in the semi-finals, India is placed at the top of the table alongside Russia with the highest number of boxers qualifying in the last-4 stage. While in the men's section, India is placed fourth with four boxers in the semi-finals.