Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen and Minakshi clinched a gold each as the Indian team concluded their Elorda Cup campaign with a best-ever tally of a whopping 12 medals in Astana, Kazakhstan on Saturday. (More Sports News)
Besides Nikhat and Mina🙈kshi's gold medals, Indian boxers won two silver and eight bronze to better their last edition's record of five medals.
Nikhat (52kg) continued her dominance in the prestigioꦆus tournament as she outcl💧assed Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan with an unanimous 5-0 scoreline to add yet another gold medal to her impressive resume.
Minakshi started the da𓄧y for India with a bang when she defeated Uzbekistan's Rahmonova Saidahon 4-1 in the women's 48kg final to give India their first gold medal of the competition.
Meaꦜnwhile, Anamika (50kg) and Manisha (60kg) suffered losses in the final to end their campaigns with silv𒆙er medals.
Anamika foug👍ht valiantly but conceded a 1-4 loss aꦆgainst reigning world and Asian champion China's Wu Yu while Manisha faced a 0-5 defeat to Kazakhstan's Viktoriya Grafeeva.
Indian medallists:
Gold: Minakshi (48kg) and Nikhat Zareen (52kg)
Silver: Anamika (50kg) and Manisha (60kg)
Bronze (men): Yaiphaba Singh Soibam (48kg), Abhishek Yadav (67kg), Vishal (86kg) an♎d Gaurav Chauhan (92+kg); (women) Sonu (63kg), Manju Bamboriya (66kg), Shalakha Singh Sansanwal (70kg) and Monika (81+kg).
