Women’s World C’ships: India boxers handed blended draw; Lovlina to start marketing campaign on opening day

Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will tackle former champion Chen Nien-Chin in her opening bout as Indian pugilists have been handed a blended draw within the twelfth version of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, beginning in Istanbul on Monday.

Borgohain (70kg) will kickstart India’s marketing campaign on Monday, as she will probably be up in opposition to the Chinese Taipei boxer, who gained gold and bronze medals in 2018 and 2016 editions respectively.

However, Borgohain, who will probably be making her first aggressive outing since her podium end on the Tokyo Olympics, will head to the fixture with some confidence having defeated Chen within the Olympic quarterfinals final yr.

Two-time Asian champion Pooja Rani (81kg), Nandini and Nikhat Zareen (52kg) have additionally been handed robust attracts of their respective classes.

Pooja will begin within the spherical of 16 in opposition to two-time World Championships bronze medallist Timea Nagy of Hungary, whereas Nandini (+81kg) has obtained bye within the opening spherical however will face final version’s bronze medallist Khadija El-Mardi of Morocco within the quarter-finals.

On the opposite hand, Nikhat will face Mexico’s Herrera Alvarez within the opening spherical and if she wins, she is more likely to meet 2021 Asian Championships bronze medallist Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg of Mongolia within the spherical of 16.

Jaismine (60kg) will lock horns with two-time youth Asian champion Porntip Buapa of Thailand within the opening spherical.

If the Indian will get previous the primary hurdle, she might conflict in opposition to former World Championships bronze medallist Rashida Ellis of USA within the final eight stage.

Among different Indians, Ankushita (66kg) obtained a relatively simpler draw alongside Nitu (48kg), Anamika (50kg), Shiksha (54kg), Manisha (57kg), Parveen (63kg) and Saweety (75kg).

Ankushita will start her problem within the spherical of 16 after getting bye within the opening spherical.

The Indians have garnered 36 medals, together with 9 gold, eight silver and 19 bronze, to date within the 11 editions of the celebrated occasion.

India’s tally is the third highest after Russia (60) and China (50).

In the final version held in Russia in 2019, the Indian boxers clinched one silver and three bronze medals.

More than 400 boxers from a report 93 international locations are set to participate on this yr’s occasion, which additionally marks the twentieth anniversary of the celebrated occasion.

Indian squad: Nitu (48kg), Anamika (50kg), Nikhat Zareen (52kg), Shiksha (54kg), Manisha (57kg), Jaismine (60kg), Parveen (63kg), Ankushita (66kg), Lovlina Borgohain (70kg), Saweety (75kg), Pooja Rani (81kg), Nandini (+81kg).