Women boxing
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 13 2011:
Sh Sarjubala Devi and E Memthoi ensured atleast two medals for Manipur after storming into the semifinals in 48 kg and 69 kg categories respectively in the 12th Senior Women National Boxing Championship currently underway at Bhopal.
Sarjubala defeated her quarter final rival from Andhra Pradesh A Puinabati 23-13 .
E Memthoi was the only other winner today as Y Sandhyarani (60 kg), Y Gita (64 kg) and K Soni (64 kg) suffered defeats against their respective opponents in quarter and pre-quarter final bouts.
While Memthoi reached the medal round on referee stop contest (RSC) decision in the third round of her quarter final bout against Nandini Singh of Punjab, Sandhyarani lost to Preity of IABF at 13-25, Gita went down fighting against Marani of Mizoram with only two points (16-18) with Soni defeated by M Minakumari (8-14), who is a Manipuri-native but playing for Nagaland.
Memthoi had reached the quarter final with a 25-16 victory over Seema of Rajasthan in a late night bout yesterday.
MC Mary Kom (51 kg) and L Jamuna Devi (57 kg) will play their quarter final bouts tomorrow.