Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain, Jadumani Singh and Preeti Pawar were among those who won gold medals.
The Indian boxing squad won 12 medals, eight of them gold at the 56th Grand Prix Usti/Labem (European Boxing Gold Tournament) in Czechia. According to the press release of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), the Indian team also won three silver and one bronze medal in the tournament.
The women’s team won four gold and one silver medal. Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), reigning Asian champion Preeti Pawar (54kg), Sakshi (51kg) and Priya (60kg) all won gold in their respective weight categories. Parveen (65kg) added a silver medal to complete an impressive showing by the women’s squad.
The men’s team matched the women’s success with four gold medals. Jadumani Singh Mandengbam (55kg), Sachin (60kg), Ankush (80kg) and Narender (+90kg) emerged champions in their respective categories.
It will be good preparation for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games starting July 23 in Scotland.
Lovlina defeated Italy’s Melissa Gemini 5-0 in the final, while Preeti outclassed France’s Jeyssa Marcel by a similar margin. Sakshi beat France’s Mayssoun Bourega 5-0 and Priya secured a dominant win over home favourite Barbora Maxova of Czechia.
Jadumani defeated England’s Abdul Burton 4-1 in the final, while Sachin and Ankush registered comprehensive 5-0 victories over Hungary’s Veres Rohland and Czech Republic’s Florian Daniel respectively. Narender edged past Armenia’s Davit Chaloyan 3-2 in a closely fought heavyweight final.
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