Ankush Dahiya wins gold at boxing championship

Q.  Who has won the gold medal at the Mongolia Boxing championship Ulaanbaatar Cup 2017?
- Published on 28 Jun 17

a. Ankush Dahiya
b. L Devendro Singh
c. K Shyam Kumar
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Ankush Dahiya
 
Ankush Dahiya wins gold at boxing championshipAnkush Dahiya (60kg) clinched a gold while L Devendro Singh (52kg) settled for a silver medal on the final day of the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia.

The 19-year-old Ankush, who is a former Asian youth silver-medalist, defeated Korean Man Choe Chol in a split verdict, while Devendro lost to Indonesia’s Aldoms Suguro, again a split decision.

India thus signed off with a gold, a silver and three bronze medals from the tournament.

K Shyam Kumar (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and Priyanka Chaudhary (60kg) – lost their respective semi-final bouts to settle for bronze medals on Saturday.

Devendro, a Commonwealth Games silver-medalist besides a former Asian Championships silver-winner, was the first to step inside the ring for India and was his usual aggressive self against Suguro.

This is Ankush’s maiden international medal at the senior level.

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