4 Indians settle for bronze in world youth boxing

Budapest: Asian medallists Bhavesh Kattimani (52kg) and Ankit Khatana (60kg) were among the four Indian boxers who signed off with bronze in the world youth championships after losing their semi-final bouts here on Tuesday.

Bhavesh was beaten 5-0 by American Asa Stevens, while Ankit went down 2-3 in an exciting contest against Thailand's Atichai Phoemsap.

Also finishing with a bronze medal were Neha Yadav (+81kg) and Sakshi Gaidhani (81kg) in the women's draw.

Neha, a direct entrant into the semifinal stage owing to the small size of the draw, lost to Ukraine's Mariia Lovchynska in her very first bout of the tournament. Similar was the case of Saskhi, who lost to Russia's Anastasiia Rybak in the semifinals to sign off with a bronze. Earlier, four Indian women boxers advanced to the semi-finals to be assured of medals here. Jony (60kg), Sakshi (57kg), Astha Pahwa (75kg) and Anamika (51kg) entered the semi-finals of their respective weight categories on Monday night. Jony defeated China's Chen Yibing 5-0, before Sakshi got the better of Russian Valeriia Rodionova by a similar margin.