Monday, February 21, 2011

National Games: Sandeep stuns Diwakar in lightweight boxing

JAMSHEDPUR: Olympian Diwakar Prasad's campaign in the 34th National Games came to an end as the Jharkhand boxer was beaten by Haryana's Sandeep at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on Monday.

The young pugilist exhibited good skills and delivered accurate punches to surge ahead in the first round. He maintained his good form in the subsequent rounds before wrapping up the bout 2-0 to move into the semifinal of the lightweight (60 kgs) men's bout.

V Durga Rao of Karnataka, Neeraj Goyal of Tripura and Kerala's Kulwinder also moved into the semis after they defeated Amit Roy of West Bengal, Akshay Kumar of Delhi and Ankit Thakur of Himachal Pradesh.

Results:

Women (Bantam 54 kgs): Priyanka Khandeparkar of Goa bt Mamta Kumari Panda (Orissa); Sushma Kumari (Jharkhand) bt Ph Sony Chanu (Manipur).

Feather (57kgs): Mandakini Chann (Jharkhand) bt Kavita Bhatt (Uttar Pradesh); Priyanka Chaudhary ( Uttarakhand) bt Dorothy Lalchhanhimi (Mizoram); Pavitra (Haryana) bt Hemam Chaoba Devi (Manipur); Pwilao Basumatary (Assam) bt Rinky Singh (Andhra Pradesh).

Light (60 kgs): Meena Rani (Uttar Pradesh) bt Sangeeta Kumari (Uttarakhand); Sagar Tokas (Delhi) bt Meena (Jharkhand).

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