India’s strong female junior boxers claimed six gold medals in the Silesian Open Women’s Tournament

The thirteenth edition of the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament is holding in a Polish town in Gliwice where the first part of the finals delivered strong Asian successes. The Indian junior boxers claimed six titles in the Nations Junior Cup in Serbia and their young talents repeated that performance and achieved half dozen gold medals in the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament.
The junior boxers who were born in 2002 and in 2003 were eligible to compete in the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament in Gliwice. Nearly 200 boxers are attending in the elite, youth and junior level of boxing in the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament where Kazakhstan also has got strong successes in the elite age group.
The Indian female junior talents claimed six gold medals in the Nations Junior Cup in Vrbas, Serbia last month and their squad impressed once again in the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament. India’s gold medals were achieved by Rajni, Naorem Babyrojisana Chanu, Poonam, Arundhati Chaudhary, Khushi and Komal one month ago. Among them Komal dominated her next international competition and won the title in Gliwice as well.
India’s first gold medal in the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament was achieved by Bharti who replaced Rajni at the pinweight (46kg) and defeated Poland’s Marta Kaleta in the final. Tingmila Doungel received the right at the very first time to attend in an international event but she was too quick for Germany’s experienced Maria-Elena Avram in the final of the junior light flyweight (48kg).
Sandeep Kaur has got strong roots in boxing and controlled her light bantamweight (52kg) final against Poland’s Izabela Rozkoszek in Gliwice. India’s fourth junior gold medal was taken by Neha who defeated a tough European boxer Latvia’s 15-year-old Nikolina Boke in the final of the bantamweight (54kg).
India’s fifth title in the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament was earned by Arshi Khanam who had to do her very best against Sweden’s Leona Surup in the final of the junior featherweight (57kg). India’s best junior boxer Komal impressed one month ago in Serbia and proved her strength in the final of the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament where she stopped Poland’s Natalia Zybura.
India’s AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Jyoti has been preparing to the Youth Olympic Games and spent only less than one round in the ring against Poland’s Wiktoria Rogalinska and advanced to the final of the youth flyweight (51kg). Kazakhstan’s Aigerim Kasenayeva, Zhaina Shekerbekova, Karina Ibragimova, ASBC Asian Women’s Champion Madina Nurshayeva, Fariza Shaltay and AIBA Women’s World Champion Lyazzat Kungeibayeva all advanced to the final of the women’s elite part of the Silesian Open Women’s Boxing Tournament.

List of the Asian junior winners in the Silesian Open Women’s Tournament
Women’s 46kg: Bharti, India
Women’s 48kg: Tingmila Doungel, India
Women’s 52kg: Sandeep Kaur, India
Women’s 54kg: Neha, India
Women’s 57kg: Arshi Khanam, India
Women’s 80kg: Komal, India

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