Amman: In boxing, India’s Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda, Saweety and Alfiya Pathan won gold medals at the Asian Championships in Amman, Jordan. World championships bronze medallist Parveen defeated Kito Mai of Japan by ‘ 5-0’.
Lovlina Borgohain defeated Ruzmetova Sokhiba of Uzbekistan by ‘5-0’. Saweety defeated Gulsaya Yerzhan of Kazakhstan by ‘5-0’. Alfiya defeated Islam Husaili of Jordan due to opponent disqualification to clinch gold.
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Minakshi won a silver medal in the flyweight division. Minakshi lost to Kinoshita Rinka of Japan via ‘1-4’ spilt verdict.
A total of 267 boxers from 27 countries are taking part in the event.
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