Sanjeet bags gold medal at Asian Boxing Championships

Indian heavyweight boxer Sanjeet bagged Gold at the Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai. He defeated Olympic silver medalist  Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan in the men's 91kg final to hand India its second gold. Pooja Rani had clinched the first gold in the women's 75kg on Sunday. Sanjeet registered a convincing 4-1 win against Levit as the Indian contingent concluded its successful campaign with an unprecedented 15 medals, including two gold, five silver and eight bronze medals.

Earlier, Amit Panghal and Shiva Thapa lost their final matches and settled for Silver medals. Panghal lost to reigning World and Olympic champion Zoirov Shakhobidin of Uzbekistan in a 2-3 split decision in the Men's final of the 52 kg category. Thapa lost to Mongolia’s Baatarsukh Chinzorig in a 2-3 split decision in the 64kg final. Six-time world champion MC Marykom, Panghal, Thapa, Lalbuatsaihi and Anupama grabbed silver medals while eight boxers - Vikas Krishan, Simranjit Kaur, Lovlina Borgohain, Jaismine, Sakshi Chaudhary, Monika, Saweety, and Varinder Singh -- bagged bronze. Thapa, a World Championships bronze medallist, is only the second male boxer in the world to win five medals at the Asian Championships.