After a scintillating display in the World Youth Boxing Championships, the junior lot proved their mettle at the Valeria Demyanova Memorial International tournament as they returned with four gold, three silvers and a bronze to make it a rich eight-medal haul on Saturday in Ukraine.
They struck their first gold with Arundhati Choudhury in the 60 kg category when her punch left Uljanay from Kazakhstan in a tizzy and made the referee halt the contest in the second round.
Then, Raj Sahiba (70 kg) facing Ukraine’s Petrenko Julia, punched her way to the gold in exactly similar fashion as Arundhati.
Mitika Sanjay’s final bout in the 66 kg weight category was a walk in the park for her as she left Irina Notatina, another Ukrainian, biting the dust as early as the second round. The fourth gold came in the 80 kg weight category as Komal swiftly piled the pressure on her opponent to win the bout 3-0.
Jhalak Tomar (54 kg) and Sanjeeta (48 kg) fought valiantly but had to settle for silvers as they lost out to Ukraine’s Farhudinova Valeryia and Fabulyak Victoria respectively. Lipakshi also lost in the final hurdle to settle for silver.
It was curtains for B Mounika in the semi-final round as she lost out to Setmonia Kaller.