Date:08/02/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/02/08/stories/2003020805781800.htm

Sport - Boxing

Indians dominate

NEW DELHI FEB. 7. Indians swept the gold medals in the sub-junior section and claimed all but two titles in the junior category on the penultimate day of the ONGC-YMCA International boxing championship at the YMCA complex here on Friday.

The results (Indians unless stated):

Sub-juniors (finals): 39-42 kg: Karan Chhetri bt S. B. Pandey 25-8; 42-45 kg: Rakesh Kalaskar bt Omar Mamed Shalev (Tkm) 8-5; 48-51kg: Hemant Sahu bt Chotelal Yadav 22-19.

51-54kg: Mohit Pathak bt Rasul Vlolasher (Tkm) 22-3; 54-57kg: Jai Prakash Yadav bt Himanshu Chaudhary 9-3; 57-60kg: Narender Sangwan bt Narender Upreti 18-10; Krishan Kumar bt Mohit Tokas by RSC (OC) third round.

Juniors (finals): Lt. Welter: Vijrender Singh bt Sawan Kumar 22-4; Welter: Surender bt Nur Mohammad Gundogov (Tkm) retired in second round; Middle: Tony Jefries (Eng) bt R. Naveen 30-6; Lt. Heavy: Jeon Chan-Yeong (Kor) bt Vinod Sumra 26-11; Heavy: Vinod Kumar bt Mahmud Mamedov (Tkm) 26-4; Super Heavy: Sarabjit Singh bt Narender by RSC (OC) second round.

Seniors (semifinals): Lt. Fly: H. K. Beniwal bt Raj Coomar (Mri) 11-4; M. Suranjoy Singh bt Begmurat Bazarov (Tkm) 26-12. Fly: S. Kannan bt Hubert Oreddy (Sey) 24-6; S. Suresh Singh bt Nur Muhmedon Shokhrat (Tkm) 11-2; Bantam: Diwakar Prasad bt Mirwais (Afg) by RSC (OC) third round; Serdar Shihumon (Tkm) bt Kencho Norbij (Bhu) 27-7.

Feather: A. Lenin Meetei bt Mervin Aza (Mri) 35-19; Ranjit Singh bt Abdul Hamid (Afg) 17-6; Light: Ramanand bt Giovanni Michael Frontin (Mri) 30-16; Ishankuli Meretniazov (Tkm) bt Som Bahadur Pun 39-34.

Lt. Welter: D. Bhagyarajan bt Kitson Julie (Sey) 29-5; V. Harikrishnan bt Micheal Medor (Mri) 16-7. Welter: Nawf Mohd. Bennor (Qtr) bt Virender Singh Panwar 22-17; David Coret (Mri) bt Khydyr Orazmamedon (Tkm) 27-22.

Middle: Durjai Shastri bt Mohammad Adam (Qtr) 21-17; Satish Kumar Singh bt Sheng-Yu Lo (Tpe) RSC (OC) third round. Lt. Heavy: Harpal Singh Sandhu bt Shin-Chieh Wu (Tpe) 21-4; Harpeet Singh bt Narw Judex Bangard (Mri) 25-21.

Heavy: V. Johnson bt Khaled Mostafa Elsadik (Qtr) 17-8; Ravi Gill bt Jubilurd Bruno Augustin (Mri) RSC (OC) third round.

Super Heavy: Balkar Singh bt S. Darshan Selvam RSC (OC) second round.