Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan took four gold medals for Asia in the Silesian Women’s Open Tournament

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The 12th edition of the Silesian Women’s Open Tournament was held in Gliwice, Poland where the Asian female boxers finally claimed four gold, three silver and five bronze medals. Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan and Mongolia used the competition as active preparations before the upcoming ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships.
The Silesian Women’s Open Tournament was established with its first edition in 2006 and Gliwice is the host of the competition in Poland. The Silesian Women’s Open Tournament was held for elite, youth and junior boxers as in the previous years. Altogether three continents and record number of 21 nations competed for the medals with 205 female boxers in this prestigious women’s tournament in Gliwice where Chinese Taipei ranked as No.3 among the countries.
Chinese Taipei’s Pin Meng Chieh was excellent in the 2014 edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships where she was near to get a medal in Jeju. The 30-year-old experienced boxer used her virtuoso style in the final against Romania’s two-time EUBC European Women’s Champion veteran Steluta Duta and claimed the gold medal in Gliwice.
Chinese Taipei’s AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Lin Yu Ting almost qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the flyweight (51kg) but this time she competed at the bantamweight (54kg) in Poland. The 22-year-old boxer eliminated Azerbaijan’s No.1 Anna Alimardanova and Russia’s strong Karina Tazabekova in the final stages of the event.
Chinese Taipei’s AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships silver medallist Huang Hsiao Wen had to meet also with four strong European rivals as her teammate, Lin Yu Ting. The 20-year-old featherweight (57kg) boxer used her longer hands to keep the best fighting range against Poland’s Kinga Szlachcic and celebrated her gold medal.
Following Chinese Taipei’s three gold medals, a Kazakh boxer Madina Nurshayeva won the fourth title for Asia in the Silesian Women’s Open Tournament. Nurshayeva, who competed in the last edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships, defeated Norway’s 19-year-old Madeleine Angelsen, Russia’s defending EUBC European Women’s Champion Aleksandra Ordina and England’s Claudia Havranek at the light welterweight (64kg).
Kazakhstan’s two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay moved up to the Olympic flyweight (51kg) and defeated three tough European opponents in Gliwice. The 24-year-old star advanced to the final where she lost to only Russia’s experienced National Champion Svetlana Soluyanova in a close contest.
Chinese Taipei’s first ever medallist in an AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Chen Nien Chin controlled her semi-final against Finland’s sensation Elina Gustafsson and advanced to the gold medal bout. The Rio 2016 Olympian boxer had to meet with her old rival from the youth age group, Poland’s Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games winner Elzbieta Wojcik and suffered only a close defeat in the final.
Mongolia’s best junior female talent Esugen Oyuntsetseg advanced to the final of the bantamweight (54kg) in Gliwice where she was beaten by only Hungary’s EUBC European Confederation Women’s Junior Boxing Championships silver medallist 16-year-old Bettina Kiss and took a silver medal.