Shiva Thapa wins a silver and Vikas Krishan a Bronze for India in Boxing at the 1st Youth Olympic Games
World Youth Championship Silver Medalist Shiva Thapa won a Silver Medal for India in Boxing in the 54 kgs wt class at the 1st Youth Olympic Games being held at Singapore, when he lost narrowly to Ramirez Robeisy Eloy of Cuba by 2:5 pts. At the end of Round 1, the Cuban was ahead by just one pt. At the end of Round 2 the score was 2:4 pts in favour of Cuba. In the 3rd Round, the Cuban Boxer consolidated the lead and ended Round 3 with a score of 2:5 pts.
In the 60 kgs wt category, Vikas Krishan very comfortably outclassed his opponent from Mexico named Eccheveria Daniel of Mexico to clinch the Bronze Medal. When the bout was stopped in the third round due to the Mexican Boxer being disqualified for hitting below the
Belt, Vikas Krishan was leading 15:3 pts.
Honouring
the individuals who seriously dedicated their
lives for spreading and promoting sports to
bring out a positive change in the society,
IBN18 India’s No 1 News Network and Reliance
Industries Limited, are proud to announce
the Real Heroes in the category of sports.
These are the Real Heroes who not only promote
sports for healthy lifestyles and goal oriented
living, but also embody a human being’s most
supreme achievements as they strive against
the odds to perform way beyond the existing
potential. This year four of these common
citizens will be recognised as Real Heroes
for their extraordinary work in the arena
of Sports. Tarnesh Tapan
A government employee and sports enthusiast,
Tarnesh Tapan is a boxing coach for girls
in Gwalior. Tarnesh provides gloves, kit and
free coaching to these girls on the condition
that they give everything they can to the
sport. After 10 years of coaching Tarnesh
Tapan has produced three National level women
boxers and four state champions.
Two Gold
Medals and Runners up Trophy for Indian Youth
Boxers at Tehran
Vikas Krishan (60 kgs)
and Naveen (81 kgs) did India proud by winning
Gold Medals and thereby the Indian National
Anthem was played twice at the Asian Youth
Boxing Championships at Tehran, Iran last
night. The remaining three finalists Devendro
(48 kgs), Venkat Giddi Nagarjun (57 kgs)
and Sumit Sangwan (75 kgs) had to settle
for the Silver Medals. With India already
having got four medals through their losing
semi finalists earlier, Indian Team posted
a healthy tally of 28 points to win the
Runners Up Trophy of the Championship. Kazakhstan
received the Winners Trophy with 34 points.
48 kgs Devendro
lost to Masoud Rigi (Iran) on pts 0:5 57kgs Venkat
Giddi Nagarjun lost to Yerkin Duisenbayev
(Kazakhstan) on pts 2:10
60kgs Vikas
Krishan (60 kgs) defeated Phonwirat Patiyhangkho
(Thailand)
on pts 0:4 75 kgs Sumit Sangwan
lost to Yihhang Wen (China) on pts 0:4 81 kgs Naveen defeated
Aolih Zhang (China) on pts 4:2.
The Indian Youth Team will return to India
on 12 March early morning.
INDIAN
YOUTH TEAM STARTS ON A WINNING NOTE
AT ASIAN YOUTH BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT TEHRAN
The 2010 Asian Youth
Boxing Championships got off to a colourful
start at the Shahid Shiroudi Complex in
Teheran where 125 boxers from 20 Countries
are participating. Participants are in the
age group 17 – 18 years ie.born in
1992 & 1993. Boxers from China, Chinese
Taipei, India, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Malaysia, Phillipines,
Sri Lanka, Singapore, Syria, Tajikistan,
Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan etc are
participating.
In the 81 kgs category, Naveen Kumar defeated
local favourite boxer from Iran BIJAN KHOJASTE
in front of his home crowd who were cheering
him wildly . Round 1 ended with both boxers
tied at a score of 1-1 pts. By the end of
Round 2, Naveen had managed a slender lead
of 1 pt and was 3-2 ahead. In Round 3, it
was Naveen all the way and he defeated the
Iranian comprehensively by a score of 6-3
pts
Mr. Kishen Narsi, Former
Vice President and the Life President of
The Maharashtra Boxing Association will
be awarded the prestigious honour of ‘Best
Technical Delegate of the Year on December
10, 2009 at Baku, Azerbaijan which follows
the AIBA Annual Forum which takes place
on the occasion of the President s Cup.
India has been a continuous provider of
consistent quality people to the cause of
Olympic Boxing at the highest level of the
sport and the recent letter from the President
of AIBA, the world governing body of Boxing
is a testimony to the same. Kudos to Mr.
Narsi on receiving this reward for his service
to this gallant game. We wish him many more
such successes in the future.
Check what Lenny DGama
has to say about Mr Narsi . . .
" IT IS INDEED A PLEASURE WHEN ONE
OPENS THE AIBA WEBSITE AND FINDS OUT THAT
OUR VERY OWN MR. KISHEN NARSI HAS BEEN SELECTED
BY AIBA AS THE 'BEST TECHNICAL DELEGATE
OF THE YEAR 2009'. HE IS A ASSET TO INDIAN
BOXING AND LET US ALL JOIN IN WISHING HIM
THE VERY BEST.
I HAD JUST TALKED TO HIM AFTER SEEING THE
WRITE UP ABOUT THE TECHNICAL AND RULES COMMITTEE
MEETING ON THE WEBSITE TO ENQUIRE ABOUT
ANY NEW RULES, BUT HE IN ALL HUMILITY DID
NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT BEING SELECTED
AS THE BEST TECH. DELEGATE OF THE YEAR TILL
WE SURFED FURTHER AND SAW HIS NAME THERE
. . .THAT SPEAKS MUCH ABOUT HIS HUMILITY.
WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST MR. NARSI. "
THREE
INDIAN BOXERS AMANDEEP, AKSHAY & MANPREET
STORM INTO THE FINALS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT AT
RUSSIA
Indian
Boxers continued their fine showing at the
International Boxing Tournament at Russia
as three of them, Amandeep, Akshay and Manpreet
stormed into the finals in the City of Makhachkala
in Russia.
This International
Boxing Tournament has a total of 112 boxers
representing 18 teams participating out of
which are 10 foreign teams (Azerbaijan, Armenia,
Belarus, China, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia,
Estonia, Ukraine and India) and 8 Rusian teams
are participating. In the quarter finals of
the 81 kgs, Jasveer Singh lost 7:9 to MURTAZALDEV
AZAMAT of Russia on Points 7:9 after having
won his preliminary bout earlier against Azerbaijan.
In the other quarter finals on 09 July Akshay
beat PLYSKIN VALERY of Russia on Points 2:1
to enter the semifinals. In the semifinals
on 10 July Amandeep Singh beat ASCHABOV IBRAGIM
of Russia by Knock Out in the 1st Round and
stunned the hosts who were cheering for the
Russian boxer to enter the finals of the Championships.
In another semifinals on 10 July Akshay Kumar
beat OGANESYN AZAT of Armenia who Retired
in the Third Round as he was losing on points
0:3. Hence the Armenian Boxer s Coach threw
in his Towel in protest that his boxer was
not getting points. Incidentally this Armenian
Boxer had defeated Indian Olympian Anthresh
Lakra by a score of 9:1 at a Tournament in
Czech Republic last year. Manpreet continued
his good form by defeating KHOMASTER ARTUR
of Germany on Points 10:7 in an exciting hard
fought bout where the lead kept changing hands
till Manpreet pulled ahead in the Third Round.
He will now meet a boxer from Bulgaria in
the Finals. However, the unfortunate part
is that Manpreet has suffered a cut on his
Nose and there is a possibility that he may
not be able to compete in the finals.
