Indian sports wrap, April 25: Khushi, Tikam among Indian semifinalists in Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championship
BOXING
Khushi, Tikam among Indian semifinalists in Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championship
Khushi Chand and Tikam Singh were among the Indians boxers who reached the semifinals of the Asian U-15 & U-17 Championships in Amman, Jordan.
Khushi (46 kg), a bronze-medallist at the 2024 Asian School Boys & Girls Boxing Championship in Abu Dhabi, forced an early end to her quarterfinal bout against Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Hong Yen after out-boxing her.
Tikam (52 kg) got the better of Palestine’s Othman Diab in his last-eight contest, which also ended early.
In the men’s section, Ambekar Meetei (48 kg), Udham Singh (54 kg), and Rahul Gariya (57 kg) won by unanimous 5-0 decisions, while Aman Dev (50 kg) edged past Jordan’s Osamah Al-Khaldi 3-2 in a tight bout.
Jiya (48 kg) defeated Vietnam’s Thi Ru Na Dinh for a 5-0 win while Jannat (54 kg) overpowered Ukraine’s Anhelina Rumiantseva 4-1.
The result:
Men’s U-17 (Quarterfinals): 44-46 kg: Dhruv Kharb (IND) lost to Mykhailo Sydorenko (UKR) – WP 0:5; 48 kg: Ambekar Meetei Lairenlakpam (IND) def. Tymofii Oleksiienko (UKR) – WP 5:0; 50 kg: Aman Dev (IND) def. Osamah Al-Khaldi (JOR) – WP 3:2; 52 kg: Tikam Singh (IND) def. Othman Diab (PLE) – RSC R2; 54 kg: Udham Singh Raghav (IND) def. Ryusei Kitamura (JPN) – WP 5:0; 57 kg: Rahul Gariya (IND) def. Mohammad Alarabati (PLE) – WP 5:0.
Women’s U-17 (Quarterfinals): 44-46 kg: Khushi Chand (IND) def. Nguyen Thi Hong Yen (VIE) – RSC R2; 48 kg: Jiya (IND) def. Thi Ru Na Dinh (VIE) – WP 5:0; 52 kg: Samiksha Pradeep Singh (IND) lost to Runa Ito (JPN) – WP 1:4; 54 kg: Jannat (IND) def. Anhelina Rumiantseva (UKR) – WP 4:1; 57 kg: Radhamani Longjam (IND) lost to Indira Kydyrmoldaeva (KAZ) – WP 1:4.
-PTI
GOLF
Good start for Sharma at Hainan Classic
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma was off to a promising start at the Hainan Classic, returning a 3-under 69 to be placed Tied-17 after the end of first round here Friday.
Sharma, who missed the cut in Shanghai last week despite a strong day two, was 2-under through 14 holes before play was suspended on Thursday. The Indian had two birdies and on Friday morning sunk in an eagle and a bogey for a card of 69 at the Blackstone Course in Mission Hills Resort Haikou in Hainan Island.
Haotong Li played a round in the 60s for the 14th time in his last 19 rounds to catapult himself in the top spot in the DP World Tour event alongside Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Kristoffer Reitan.
Li had seven birdies and one bogie to finish 6-under par for the day. He produced four birdies and a bogey on the front nine for a score of three-under and three birdies in the back nine for a score of three-under.
Aphibarnrat had eight birdies and two bogeys with three birdies and a bogey on both the front and back nines.
Reitan had 5 birdies, one bogey and one eagle for his 6-under total.
There were seven players who carded 5-under 67 in the first round.
– PTI