NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Parveen Hooda, a bronze medallist on the International Championships, has assured Bharat a medal on the Asian Video games and fix a quota for the Paris Olympics. Competing within the 57kg division, Parveen Hooda clinched a place within the semifinals with a unanimous verdict victory over Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova.
The reigning Asian champion showcased her prowess from the outset, the usage of her lengthy succeed in in order punches from a distance and keep an eye on the fit. Hooda seamlessly switched between the left jab and proper move, maintaining her opponent, the 21-year-old Uzbek, off steadiness.
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Parveen hired a strategic way, first of all taking an offensive stance within the opening spherical earlier than adapting to Turdibekova’s actions, in the end touchdown exact scoring punches.
Generation Turdibekova made a powerful comeback by way of touchdown a number of blows on Hooda, it wasn’t plenty to sway the judges in her favour, for the purpose of a victory for the Indian boxer.
The reigning Asian champion showcased her prowess from the outset, the usage of her lengthy succeed in in order punches from a distance and keep an eye on the fit. Hooda seamlessly switched between the left jab and proper move, maintaining her opponent, the 21-year-old Uzbek, off steadiness.
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Parveen hired a strategic way, first of all taking an offensive stance within the opening spherical earlier than adapting to Turdibekova’s actions, in the end touchdown exact scoring punches.
Generation Turdibekova made a powerful comeback by way of touchdown a number of blows on Hooda, it wasn’t plenty to sway the judges in her favour, for the purpose of a victory for the Indian boxer.
Along with Parveen Hooda, a number of alternative Indian boxers have already fix Olympic quotas of their respective weight divisions. Those come with two-time global champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), and Narender Berwal (+92kg).
In girls’s occasions on the Asian Video games, semifinalists within the 50kg, 54kg, 57kg, and 60kg divisions, in addition to finalists within the 66kg and 75kg, will earn qualification spots for the Paris Olympics.
For the boys’s match, gold and silver medallists in each and every of the seven weight sections will hold Olympic quotas, making the Asian Video games a vital milestone at the street to the 2024 Paris Olympics for those proficient boxers.
(With PTI inputs)
