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Three Indian women, including Preeti Pawar (54kg), who shocked Paris Olympics bronze medallist Im Aeiji, entered the finals portion Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain mislaid successful the semifinals of the Asian boxing championships on Monday.
Olympian Preeti bushed Korean Im 5-0 to acceptable up a acme clash with three-time World champion and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Huang Hsiao-wen of Chinese Taipei.
Priya (60kg) and Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) won their respective last-four bouts against section favourite Namuun Monkhor and Uzbek Oysha Toirova with 5-0 and 4-1 margins respectively. Priya volition conscionable North Korea’s Un Gyong Won, portion Arundhati volition look Kazakhstan’s Bakyt Seidish successful golden medal matches.
Alfiya Pathan received a nonstop spot successful the 80+kg final.
Two-time World champion Nikhat (51kg) suffered a 0-5 decision astatine the hands of Olympic champion Wu Yu, portion Ankushita Boro (65kg) bowed retired 0-3 to Olympics bronze medallist Nien-Chin Chen.
Olympic medallist Lovlina (75kg) and Pooja Rani (80kg), opening from the last-four stage, mislaid to Uzbek Worlds bronze medallist Aziza Zokirova and Kazakhstan’s erstwhile Worlds bronze medallist Nadezhda Ryabets with 0-5 and 1-3 margins respectively.
The results: Semifinals: Women: 51kg: Yu Wu (Chn) bt Nikhat Zareen 5-0; 54kg: Preeti Pawar bt Im Aeji (Kor) 5-0; 60kg: Priya bt Namuun Monkhor (Mgl) 5-0; 65kg: Nien-Chin Chen (Tpe) bt Ankushita Boro 3-0; 70kg: Arundhati Choudhary bt Oysha Toirova (Uzb) 4-1; 75kg: Aziza Zokirova (Uzb) bt Lovlina Borgohain 5-0; 80kg: Nadezhda Ryabets (Kaz) bt Pooja Rani 3-1.
