Star Indian boxer Shiva Thapa capped off India’s magnificent marketing campaign by getting a historic silver medal because the nation concluded the 2022 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships with 12 medals in Amman, Jordan on Saturday.
This was Thapa’s third silver and sixth medal total on the prestigious match, which makes him probably the most profitable male pugilist within the championships’ historical past. His earlier two silver medals got here in 2017 and 2021. He additionally clinched the title within the 2013 version and secured bronze medals in 2015 and 2019.
Up in opposition to Abdullaev Ruslan of Uzbekistan within the males’s 63.5kg closing, Thapa made a cautious begin and regarded rising in confidence because the bout progressed. Nonetheless, his quest for a second gold within the Asian Championships was halted by an unlucky damage which he suffered to proper knee within the second spherical of the bout. With the Guwahati-born boxer in no situation to proceed, his Uzbek opponent was declared because the winner by the referees with RSC verdict.
With the addition of silver on the ultimate day, India amassed a grand whole of 12 medals within the competitors, which included 4 gold, two silver and 6 bronze. Out of the 12 medals, ladies pugilists contributed to seven as India claimed No.1 place within the ladies’s part adopted by Kazakhstan, who completed second with three gold medals. The 2022 version of the championships noticed a fierce competitors within the presence of 257 high boxers from 27 international locations.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) received the gold medal together with Alfiya Pathan (+81kg), Saweety Boora (81kg) and Parveen Hooda (63kg). Minakshi (52kg) claimed silver whereas Ankushita Boro (66kg) and Preeti Dahiya (57kg) bagged bronze medals every.
Then again, Narender (+92kg), Sumit (75kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg) managed to win bronze medals within the males’s class.
Full lis of Indian medallists on the Asian Boxing Championships
Girls:
Gold: Alfiya Pathan (+81kg), Saweety Boora (81kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Parveen Hooda (63kg);
Silver: Minakshi (52kg);
Bronze: Ankushita Boro (66kg) and Preeti Dahiya (57kg)
Males:
Silver: Shiva Thapa (63.5kg);
Bronze: Narender (+92kg), Sumit (75kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg)