The 2016 World Championships silver medallist Sonia Lather of Railway Sports activities Promotion Board and Tamil Nadu’s S Kalaivani began their campaigns with dominating victories on the opening day of the seventh Elite Girls’s Nationwide Boxing Championships in Better Noida.
Sonia began the bout aggressively in opposition to Mahi Lama of Madhya Pradesh within the 57kg opening spherical match earlier than securing a snug 5-0 win.
Kalaivani, final version’s silver medallist, additionally proved too robust for Milano Mj of Kerala within the 48kg match. Kalaivani’s relentless assault pressured the referee to cease the competition within the third spherical and declare her the winner.
Kalaivani will now sq. off in opposition to Haryana’s Gitika within the subsequent spherical, who beat Meraj Begum of Telangana by referee stopping the competition in spherical 1 (RSC) win.
Rinku (52kg) and Tannu (57kg) had been the opposite boxers from Haryana to register victories and progress into the spherical of 16.
In the meantime, the 2021 Asian Youth Championships silver medallist Nivedita Karki (48kg) of Uttarakhand dominated Veronica Sohshang of Meghalaya to safe Referee Stopping the Contest (RSC) win in spherical 2.
The reigning world champion Saweety Boora (81kg), 2022 World Championships bronze medallist Manisha (60kg) and Tokyo Olympian Pooja Rani (75kg) will start their campaigns on the second day of the celebrated event which is organised by the Boxing Federation of India.
The continued event has been witnessing over 300 boxers competing throughout 12 weight classes for high honours. The finals will likely be performed on December 27.
