New Delhi: India’s Saweety Boora secured a gold medal in the 75-81 kg event at the IBA World Women’s Boxing Championship in New Delhi on Saturday. The Indian boxer defeated China’s Wang Lina in the finals by points (4-3). Saweety had settled for a silver nine years ago.
Earlier, Nitu Ghanghas won gold medal in the 48kg category. She defeated Lutsaikhan Altansetseg of Mongolia in the 48kg category final by ‘5-0’.The 22-year-old won gold at the Commonwealth Games last year in the same weight category.
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The two join an elite list which includes six-time champion Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006), Lekha KC (2006) and Nikhat Zareen (2022).
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