New Delhi, Mar 9:
Three-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg) and former youth world champion Sachin Siwach (52kg) were among the six Indian boxers to enter the semifinals and be assured of medals at the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.
Thapa, a former world championships bronze-medallist, defeated Poland’s Dominik Palak 5-0 in his quarterfinal bout on Friday night after getting an opening-round bye. He will take on Russia’s Mikhail Varlamov in the semifinals.
Siwach got the better of Russia’s Tamir Galanov in a 4-1 verdict. The 20-year-old will be up against Kyrgyzstan’s Azat Usenaliev in the semifinals.
Also making the last-four stage were Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist
Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg), Kavinder Singh Bisht (56kg), Dinesh Dagar (69kg), and Naveen Kumar (+91kg).
Earlier, Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and rookie Govind Sahani (49kg) had made the semis on the back of first-round byes.
Hussamuddin defeated Russia’s Ovik Ogannisian 5-0 to set up a clash with Kazakhstan’s Zhanbolat Kydyrbayev. Kydyrbayev got a bye into the medal rounds.(PTI)
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