Boxer Sonia Lather. File.
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World Championships silver medallist Sonia Lather of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) and Tamil Nadu’s S Kalaivani began their campaigns with dominating victories on the opening day of the ladies’s National Boxing Championships right here.
Sonia began the bout aggressively in opposition to Mahi Lama of Madhya Pradesh within the 57kg opening spherical match earlier than securing a snug 5-0 win.
Kalaivani, final version’s silver medallist, additionally proved too robust for Milano Mj of Kerala within the 48kg match.
Kalaivani’s relentless assault compelled the referee to cease the competition within the third spherical and declare her the winner.
Kalaivani will subsequent sq. off in opposition to Haryana’s Gitika, who beat Meraj Begum of Telangana after the referee stopped the competition (RSC), within the subsequent spherical.
Rinku (52kg) and Tannu (57kg) had been the opposite boxers from Haryana to register victories and progress into the spherical of 16.
Meanwhile, the 2021 Asian Youth Championships silver medallist Nivedita Karki (48kg) of Uttarakhand dominated Veronica Sohshang of Meghalaya to safe a RSC win in spherical 2.
