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.
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
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February 24, 2018
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