India bag top spot with 7 gold medals at Serbian youth boxing tournament

India claimed the numero uno position with 17 medals, including six silver and four bronze


Sports News: Indian boxers ruled the ring at the 36th Golden Glove of Vojvodina youth tournament, ending with a whopping seven gold medals to claim the overall top spot in the event in Subotica, Serbia.
Four men and three women finished with gold medals at the 
tournament, which featured 17 countries. India claimed the numero uno position with 17 medals, including six silver and four bronze.
Russia fetched 11 medals (3 gold, 2 silver and 6 bronze), but ended up third behind Kazakhstan, who had a better gold medal count (5) in their overall haul of seven medals.
The gold medal winners for India were Aman (+91kg), Akash Kumar (56kg), S barun Singh (49kg), Vijaydeep (69kg), Nitu (48kg), Divya Pawar (54kg), and Lalita (69kg).
Aman, who got a direct entry into the final owing to the presence of just two boxers in his draw, defeated his lone challenger in Hungarian Laszlo Felfoldi 5-0 for the top honours.
Barun fetched a split 4-1 triumph over crowd favourite Rade Joksimovic. Akash had to toil harder for his 3-2 win over Argentine Jeheil Mirco Cuello.
Vijaydeep too endured a tough contest before prevailing 3-2 over Kazakhstan's Azat Assanov.

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