Mary Kom in line for gold, eight men enter semis
GOLD COAST: MC Mary Kom has won most of the titles boxing has to offer, but she stays as hungry. While she is in contention here, Mary Kom is already planning for the next event and is likely to give the Asian
Games a miss to concentrate on winning back the World Championship title.
Having made a strong start in her maiden Commonwealth
Games, the 35-year-old five-time world champion, multiple-time Asian champion and Olympic bronze medallist beat Anusha Dilrukshi of Sri India v Singapore
Athlete: N. Sikki Reddy/ Ashwini Ponnappa v Ren-ne Ong/ Jia Ying Crystal Wong; Event: Women’s Doubles Round of 16; Time: 03:40 Lanka. With this win, Mary Kom made the final, assuring herself of at least a silver. In the men’s section, all the eight Indian boxers in the fray reached the semi-finals, assuring themselves of medals.
Mary Kom led on the scorecard of all the five judges even though she was not at her best and the score was quite close. She won by a couple of points in each round. The Sri Lankan did do enough to be disappointed at get- 6:00am onwards
Athlete: Rahul Aware
Event: Men’s 57 kg freestyle; Time: 6:00am onwards
Athlete: Sushil Kumar
Event: Men’s 74kg freestyle; Time: 6:00am onwards
Athlete: Kiran
Event: Women’s 76kg freestyle; Time: 6:00am onwards ting a 0-5 score from the five judges, as it was clear that it was not a one-sided bout. Mary Kom had started her campaign here by beating Megan Gordon of Scotland in the pre-quarterfinals.
In the final, she meets Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’hara, who defeated Tasmyn Benny of Australia in the second semi-final.
While Mary Kom reached the final, India suffered setbacks when L Sarita Devi and Pinki Rani lost in the quarter-finals. Pinki lost to Lisa Whiteside of England 2-3 in 51kg while Sarita lost to Anja Strideman of Australia in 60kg.
Five Indian boxers had reached the semis on Tuesday and the remaining three joined them in the last-four stage in their respective weight class on Wednesday.
In men’s 52kg, Gaurav Solanki defeated Papua New Guinea’s Charles Keama 0-5, while in men’s 75kg, Vikas Krishan outclassed Zambia’s Benny Muziyo by the same margin. In men’s 60kg, Manish Kaushik defeated England’s Calum French 5-0 to reach the semis.