Jaismine Lamboria Out of World Olympic Boxing Qualifier

India’s dismal run on the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifier continued as Commonwealth Games medallist Jaismine Lamboria made a gap spherical exit in Busto Arsizio (Italy).

The 22-year-old, who received a bronze medal on the 2022 Birmingham CWG, misplaced by a 0-5 unanimous verdict to Japan’s Ayaka Taguchi within the ladies’s 60kg spherical of 64 late on Sunday.

Earlier on Sunday, Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Narender Berwal (+92kg) additionally crashed out of the match, dropping their respective opening rounds.

Six Indian boxers are nonetheless within the fray for incomes Paris Olympic quotas.

National champion Lakshya Chahar will start his marketing campaign late Monday night time. He will tackle 2021 Asian silver medallist Meysam Gheshlaghi of Iran.

Boxers who fail to earn quotas right here will get a closing likelihood to seal their passage to the Paris Games through the second World Olympic Boxing Qualifier, scheduled to be held in Bangkok from May 23 to June 3.

India have secured 4 2024 Olympic quotas to date via Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) clinching their entry to Paris on the Asian video games final yr.

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