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Shiva, who won a World Championships bronze medal in Doha, Qatar in 2015 will be looking to add another medal to his name. He will be representing the country in the 63.5 kg category
Saweety and Alifiya added to the gold rush, defeating Gulsaya Yerzhan of Kazakhstan and Islam Husaili of Jordan respectively.
Five Indian women including Lovlina Borgohain and Parveen Hooda will battle for gold in the finals on Friday
Commonwealth Games 2022 has been good for India, with plenty of medals in the bag but there have been some big disappointment as well. There are 5 big names in different sports who have not performed as per expectations and we take look below to know who they are.
Ace Indian boxer Shiva Thapa began his Commonwealth Games campaign on a rousing note by defeating Pakistan's Suleman Baloch in the first round of the 63.5kg category, here on Friday. The 28-year-old Thapa hardly broke a sweat as he registered a comprehensive 5-0 win over Baloch to move to the pre-quarterfinals of the light welter weight.
Panghal will be aiming to improve upon his performance from the last edition in Gold Coast
India had finished second in the 2018 edition of the Games, returning with a haul of nine medals, including three golds and as many silvers and bronze
The world championship is Akash's maiden senior international tournament.
India are being represented by its reigning national champions across weight categories.
Thapa beat France's Lounes Hamraoui 4-1 in pre-quarter-final clash
He will become the first Indian male boxer to claim two world c'ship medals if he wins in quarters
Indian boxing team leaves for the World Championship in Belgrade with Shiva Thapa, Deepak Kumar and Sanjeet alongside new coach Narender Rana.
India sought a review of the second round of the bout which Panghal won on a split count but looked to have dominated completely. The result of the review will be known later.
Shiva Thapa got the better of Kazakhstan’s Smagulov Baghtiyov 3-2 in the men’s 63kg division.
World championship silver medallist Lather (57kg) and Parveen (60kg) beat local favourites Surmeneli Tugcenaz and Ozyol Esra 5-0 in their respective women's second round matches.
However, it was curtains for Duryodhah Negi (69kg), Brijesh Yadav (81kg) and Krishan Sharma (+91kg) as they lost their preliminary round bouts.
Indian boxers Shiva Thapa and Pooja Rani on Thursday made the country proud as they bagged a gold medal each in their respective weight categories of 63 kg and 75 kg at the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo.
In the semi-finals, Shiva Thapa defeated Japan`s Daisuke Narimatsu in a split verdict. Pooja Rani beat Brazil`s Beatriz Soares in a unanimous decision. Rani had won a silver medal at the Asian Championships earlier this year.
Panghal defeated Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan 3-2 by split decision in thrilling semi-final clash of the men's 52 kg Flyweight category to book his place in the summit showdown.
Shiva was at his destructive best as he outpunched Kyrgyzstan's Seitbek Uulu 4-1 to march into the quarter-finals.
The Assam pugilist will next take on Kyrgyzstan's Seitbek Uulu for a place in the quarter-finals on Sunday.
The Asian Championships are scheduled to be held in the Thai capital of Bangkok from April 19 to 28.
Signing off with bronze medals after semifinal losses were Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and former youth world champion Sachin Siwach (52kg).
India won two silver, an equal number of bronze medals in the 2017 men's edition and one gold in the women's edition.
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