Ace India pugilists Shiva Thapa (63kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) bagged gold medals, while Ashish Kulheria (69kg) ended his campaign with a silver at the Olympic Test Event for boxing.
Four-time Asian medallist Thapa drubbed Kazakhstan’s national champion and Asian bronze winner Sanatali Toltayev 5-0 to bag the highest honour. Meanwhile, former Asian Games bronze medallist Rani bagged another yellow for the country as she defeated Australia’s Caitlin Parker.
Thapa, who claimed his third national title earlier this month, had defeated Japan’s Daisuke Narimatsu in a split verdict in the semifinals, whereas Rani, who fetched a silver medal at the Asian Championships this year, outplayed Brazil’s Beatriz Soares in a unanimous decision to qualify for the final bout.
However, Ashish (69kg), went down to Japan’s Sewon Okazawa in the final to end his campaign with the third-highest honour.
Earlier on Wednesday, former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg), Simranjeet Kaur (60kg), Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and Vahlimpuia (75kg) lost their respective semifinal bouts to end with bronze.
Sharing the news on Twitter, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports congratulated the players.
See the tweet:
Team India 🇮🇳 brings home 3 medals , including 2🥇and 1🥈from #RoadToTokyo Boxing Test Event.
GOLD🥇-
🔹Pooja Rani (75Kg)
🔹Shiv Thapa (63Kg)
SILVER🥈-
🔹Ashish Kulheria (69Kg)Congratulations champions!👏 #PunchMeinHaiDum🥊 pic.twitter.com/krOvn8fdlC
— Dept of Sports MYAS (@IndiaSports) October 31, 2019