NEW DELHI: Boxer Nikhat Zareen, the two-time international champion, on Friday tied a Paris Olympics berth and assured herself of a medal as she breezed into the 50kg semis of the Asian Video games in Hangzhou.
In her 3rd fit of the continental match, Nikhat wasted deny future, taking lower than 3 mins to reserve a commanding victory by way of RSC (referee preventing the competition) towards Nassar Hanan of Jordan within the quarters.
The reigning Commonwealth Video games champion all set the sound of the bout early on with a genius jab. Nikhat persevered to dominate with a flurry of correct aggregate punches.
Such was once her domination that the referee was once compelled to provide the Jordanian pugilist 3 status counts sooner than calling off the competition.
International Championship bronze medallist Parveen controlled to outplay native favorite Zichun Xu 5-0 to advance to the quarters.
Lakshya Chahar, at the alternative hand, made a primary spherical proceed then he went unwell 1-4 to Kyrgyzstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu within the 80kg Spherical of 16 bout.
Within the ladies’s occasions, the semifinalists within the 50kg, 54kg, 57kg, and 60kg past the finalists within the 66kg and 75kg will qualify for the Paris Olympics.
The gold and silver medallists in each and every of the seven weight sections within the males’s match will obtain Olympic quotas.
(With inputs from PTI)
In her 3rd fit of the continental match, Nikhat wasted deny future, taking lower than 3 mins to reserve a commanding victory by way of RSC (referee preventing the competition) towards Nassar Hanan of Jordan within the quarters.
The reigning Commonwealth Video games champion all set the sound of the bout early on with a genius jab. Nikhat persevered to dominate with a flurry of correct aggregate punches.
Such was once her domination that the referee was once compelled to provide the Jordanian pugilist 3 status counts sooner than calling off the competition.
International Championship bronze medallist Parveen controlled to outplay native favorite Zichun Xu 5-0 to advance to the quarters.
Lakshya Chahar, at the alternative hand, made a primary spherical proceed then he went unwell 1-4 to Kyrgyzstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu within the 80kg Spherical of 16 bout.
Within the ladies’s occasions, the semifinalists within the 50kg, 54kg, 57kg, and 60kg past the finalists within the 66kg and 75kg will qualify for the Paris Olympics.
The gold and silver medallists in each and every of the seven weight sections within the males’s match will obtain Olympic quotas.
(With inputs from PTI)
