more-inIt was a golden climax as Sanjeet Singh and Mary Kom led the host to eight gold medals in the Spicejet India Open international boxing championship on Thursday. It was a fine success rate for India to win eight out of the 18 finals, with three gold medals emerging out of all-India finals. The host collected 40 medals to sweep $41,000 of the $100,000 at stake, with gold medallists getting $2500, silver $1000 and bronze $500. Pinki Rani came up with an inspired performance to out-punch Ochirabat Jargalan of Mongolia for the 51 kg gold. 75 kg: Israil Madrimov (Uzb) bt Osiey Iglesias Estrada (Cub) 3-2; 81 kg: Osvary David Gutierez (Cub) bt Devanshu Jaiswal 4-1; 91 kg: Sanjeet Singh bt Sanjar Tursunov (Uzb) 3-2; +91 kg: Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzb) bt Satish Kumar 4-1.

Source: The Hindu February 01, 2018 16:07 UTC