Guwahati, July 26, 2010: Manipur emerged overall champions in the Mudra Devcon Ltd sixth National Youth Women’s Boxing Championship that concluded at the Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.

Manipur’s Sarjubala Devi, who bagged gold in the light flyweight (below-48kg) category with a 9-2 defeat of Mizoram’s Rebecca, was adjudged boxer of the tournament. The best loser award went to Anita Kahar of Assam who lost 5-8 to Haryana’s Sonia in the flyweight (below 51 kg) category.

Manipur topped the tally with 28 points, bagging three gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Hosts Assam fell three points short of the winners to finish runners-up with 25 points. Assam finished with two gold, two silver and a bronze medal.

Results

Light fly (48 kg) — Gold: Sarjubala Devi (Manipur), Silver – Rebecca (Mizo), Bronze – Nuine (Pun), Neha Tokas (Del); Fly (51 kg) Gold: Sonia (Haryana);, S – Anita Kahar (Asm), B – Anna Purna (Andhra), Bimola Devi (Mnp); Bantam (54 kg) — Gold: Pwilao Basumatary (Assam); Feather (57 kg) — Gold: Sony Chanu (Manipur); Light (60 kg) — Gold: Anjali Musahary (Assam); Light Welter (64 kg) — Gold: Monika Soun (Punjab); Welter (69 kg) — Gold: E Memthoi Devi (Manipur); Middle (75 kg) — Gold: Princy (Kerala); Light Heavy (81 kg) — Gold: Jagmeet Kaur (Uttarakhand); Heavy (81+ kg) — Gold: Nidhi (Haryana).

~ The Telegraph India

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