{"id":456,"date":"2026-07-09T08:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=456"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:46:41","slug":"indias-young-female-boxers-make-a-splash-secure-nine-medals-before-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Young Female Boxers Make a Splash, Secure Nine Medals Before Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tamil Nadu:<\/strong> Following impressive quarter-final performances at the<strong> Asian Under-19 and Under-23 Boxing Championships in Jakarta on Wednesday, India&#8217;s Under-23 women boxers secured nine medals.<\/strong> All nine Indian boxers who reached the semi-finals have guaranteed themselves a spot on the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representing India, Tanu (51 kg) delivered a stellar performance in the afternoon session, defeating Thailand&#8217;s Kewalin Norasing 5-0. Nisha (54 kg) also displayed excellent form, beating Kazakhstan&#8217;s Aliaksar Symbat by a unanimous 5-0 decision. The 48kg category saw a setback for India as Nidhi narrowly missed out on a semifinal spot after losing 3:2 on a split decision against Kazakhstan\u2019s Gulnaz Buribayeva in a closely fought contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India&#8217;s impressive performance continued in the evening session as well. Prachi (57 kg) secured a victory in the first round via RSC (Referee Stops Contest) against Korea&#8217;s Yejin Oh. Nikita Chand (60 kg) also registered a brilliant win, defeating Chinese Taipei&#8217;s Chen-Hsuan Yeh via an RSC decision in the third round.<br><br>Kajal (65 kg) rounded off the evening&#8217;s winning streak for India by defeating Japan&#8217;s Arinda Akimoto via a 4:1 split decision in a hard-fought contest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nine Indian boxers who have secured a spot in the semi-finals are Tanu (51kg), Nisha (54kg), Prachi (57kg), Nikita Chand (60kg), Kajal (65kg), Shivani (70kg), Muskan (75kg), Naina (80kg), and Priyanka (+80kg). By reaching the semi-finals, India has bolstered its medal tally in the championship and will now aim to convert these podium finishes into gold and silver medals in the remaining bouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tamil Nadu: Following impressive quarter-final performances at the Asian Under-19 and Under-23 Boxing Championships in Jakarta on Wednesday, India&#8217;s Under-23 women boxers secured nine medals. All nine Indian boxers who reached the semi-finals have guaranteed themselves a spot on the podium. Representing India, Tanu (51 kg) delivered a stellar performance in the afternoon session, defeating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[66,67,68,69],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asianboxingchampionships","tag-indianboxing","tag-indiapride","tag-womenboxers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}