Mary Kom enters final of Strandja Memorial

SOFIA (Bulgaria): M C Mary Kom (48kg) turned on the style as she complicated to the finals, whilst Vikas Krishan (75kg) and two other male boxers entered the semifinals on a moderately just right day for India at the 69th Strandja Memorial Tournament right here as of late.

Five-time global champion and Olympic bronze-medallist Mary Kom, targeting her third successive global gold medal, quite literally toyed with China's Ye Jiali to make the summit clash.

However, some other former global and Asian champion L Sarita Devi (60kg) bowed out of the competition with a bronze medal. Sarita misplaced to Finland's Mira Potkonen, to whom she had misplaced within the last of last month's India Open as well.

Meena Kumari Devi (54kg) also ended with a bronze medal after dropping to native favourite Stoyka Petrova in spite of a spirited efficiency.

In the lads's draw, former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg), Asian Games bronze medallist Satish Kumar (+91kg) and the unheralded Gaurav Solanki (52kg) complicated to the semi-finals to guarantee themselves of medals.

While Gaurav pummelled Kyrgyzstan's Azat Usenaliev, Vikas edged previous Kazakhstan's Tursynbay Kulakhmet in a cut up verdict to make the last-four stage.

It was an important victory for Vikas, who is returning to action after improving from a hand injury, which compelled him out of the national championships as well as the India Open last month.

In the night time session, Satish rarely broke a sweat against Iran's Iman Ramezanpoudelavar in his quarterfinal victory.

Their victories took the entire choice of male boxers within the semi-finals to five.


Earlier, India Open gold-medallist Amit Panghal (49kg) also made the semi-final stage together with last edition's silver-medallist Mohammed Husamuddin (56kg).


Bowing out on Friday within the quarterfinal stage was Manish Panwar (81kg), dropping to Russia's Ilyas Mutaev in a unanimous verdict.


India are assured of 10 medals at the tournament -- five males and an equal choice of ladies in various levels of medal rounds.



Mary Kom enters final of Strandja Memorial Mary Kom enters final of Strandja Memorial Reviewed by Kailash on February 24, 2018 Rating: 5
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