Sports

National Youth Boxing Championships shuru hoise 800 participants logot

Guwahati, 14 April : 8th National Youth Boxing Championship (men’s aru women’s) Assam Don Bosco University te Monday pora shuru hoise. Around 800 participants—including players, coaches aru technical officials—33 states pora ahi participate kori ase.

Championship tu Assam Amateur Boxing Association aru Boxing Federation of India logot organise kori ase, aru April 19 tak cholibo. Itu India laga youth teams select koribole ekta important platform ase, Youth Olympic Games aru Youth World Championships karone.

Event tu formally inaugurate korise Bijuli Kalita Medhi. Etu occasion te Ajay Singh, Lovlina Borgohain, Ankushita Boro, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Hemanta Kumar Kalita aru Fr J Palely bhi present thakise.

Host state Assam decent start loise—boys’ 55kg category te Mohammad Ayan Jharkhand laga Shivam Dubey ke 5-0 pora haraina next round te jaise. Girls’ 60kg te Punsang Punjab laga Samarjit Kaur ke 4-1 pora beat korina opening bout jitise.

Kintu overall din tu mixed thakise Assam karone. Boys’ 70kg te Arman Khan Uttarakhand laga Dipesh Singh Adhikari logot harise. Girls’ 51kg te Sunena Akhtar Amin bhi TC Malsawmkimi logot haraina early exit loi dise.