South Asian Games qualifying : Sarita Laishram, Mary Kom advance
Source: The Sangai Express / PTI
Shillong, January 21 2016:
Five-time world champion Mary
Kom and her colleague Sarita
Laishram continued to impress
the crowd with agile movement
for the second day in a row,
outplaying their opponents in the
South Asian Games qualifiers
here on Wednesday.
Sarita defeated a tough opponent
P Basumatary in the
quarterfinal round to proceed
in the South Asian Games
qualifiers and test event at the
NEHU, SAI Special Area
Games in Shillong today.
Mary Kom made mincemeat
of Soniya in her bout to
make it to the next round.
Sarjubala Samjetsabam,
Aruna Mishra and Pooja Rani
also beat their opponents to
move ahead.
Dubbed as the bout of the
day, the light weight category
match between five-time Asian
championships winner, Sarita
and gold medal winner in the
recently concluded 5th AIBA
Nations Cup in Serbia, P
Basumatary did not disappoint
a bit.
The experienced boxers
began with testing each others'
strengths and teasing each other
in the first round.
Sarita
stepped up aggression in the
second round but a sharp right
jab from Basumatary threatened
to rattle her for a moment.
Nevertheless, the senior and
more experienced of the two,
Sarita continued to enjoy upper
hand in the duel.
The third round became
more intense with Sarita going
all out to assert her dominance
and the result was 3-0 in favour
of Sarita.
Earlier, a calm and composed
Mary Kom shifted gears
with ease to oust her Uttar
Pradesh rival Soniya in the fly
weight category bout.
As was seen in day 1 of the
event, Mary Kom preferred to
keep a distance from her opponent
while cashing in on every
opportunity to score.
In the end
it was a 3-0 verdict, in favour
of the Asian Games gold
medalist.
Others who impressed
on the day were
Sarjubala in the fly weight category
and Aruna Mishra in the
middle weight category.