Showing 1 - 7 results of 7 for search '"Hooda, Preeti"', query time: 1.14s Refine Results  

Boxer Nishant seals Paris Olympics quota [Times Sport]

by Nishants victory marked the countrys fourth boxing quota place for Paris after Nikhat Zareen 50kg Preeti Hooda 54kg, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain 75kg confirmed their berths by winning medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year Two other Indian boxers Amit Panghal mens 51kg, Sachin Siwach 57kg are also a win away from confirming their Paris berth after packing off their rivals in comprehensive fashion Birmingham CWG gold medallist Panghal outpunched South Koreas Kim Inkyu 50 in his prequarterfinal bout to keep his qualifying hopes aliveA win in the lasteight will secure him the quota place Siwach too inched closer to sealing his Olympic berth after outclassing 2021 World championships bronze medallist Frances Samuel Kistohurry 41 in the quarterfinals However with only three quota places on offer in the 57kg category he needs to win one more bout to qualify for ParisNishant who had missed out on qualification in the first qualifier in Italy was the first to achieve the goalIn the evening session Panghal came out all guns blazing to humble Kim in all three rounds while Siwach continued to put up a resolute show to reach the semifinals However it was curtains for former World youth champion Ankushita Boro womens 60kg Arundhati Chaudhary 66kg, Sanjeet mens 92kg as they lost their respective prequarterfinal bouts to bow out of the competition
Published in The Times of India (Online) (01.06.2024)
Get full text
Newspaper Article