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World Boxing Championships 2019 final Highlights: Manju Rani settles for silver medal
Manju Rani Boxing final Highlights: Manju Rani went down against Russia’s Ekaterina Paltceva in the summit clash to settle for a silver medal at World Boxing Championships 2019. India take their tally to four medals - three bronze (Mary Kom, Jamuna Boro and Lovlina Borgohain ) and a silver in the tournament. Manju Rani has emulated Mary Kom’s 18-year-record of winning a silver in first World Championships.Follow live updates of Manju Rani’s World Boxing Championships 2019 Highlights:
13:50 hrs IST
SILVER MEDAL FOR MANJU RANI
Manju Rani goes down against Russia’s Ekaterina Paltceva in the summit clash to settle for a silver medal at World Boxing Championships 2019. India take their tally to four medals - three bronze and a silver in the tournament.
13:48 hrs IST
Third round- Manju Rani vs Ekaterina Paltceva
Good comeback from Manju Rani. She knows this has to be a big round for her. Gets in a couple of right and left hooks in place. Ekaterina is happy to stay back and just hang out. As Manju charges, Ekaterina gets a left hook and grabs hold of her. The referee breaks the hold and restarts. A nasty left-handed blow from the Russian lands bang on Manju’s head. The cheers from the crowd goes louder. Manju tries to charge with a right-handed hook, but Ekaterina defends. She gets away with another left hook.
13:40 hrs IST
Second round - Manju Rani vs Ekaterina Paltceva
Manju Rani starts off with left-handed jabs, trying to create some distance from her opponent. Gets in a right hook. Ekaterina charges, adn gets a left hook of her own, now. A flurry of right and left combination of torso from the Russian, and the referee breaks the hold. Ekaterina gets in with a left handed hook on Rani’s head. Rani gets a couple of right and left combo in.
13:35 hrs IST
First round - Manju Rani vs Ekaterina Paltceva
A cautious start from the Russian in the first half as Manju Rani charges ahead. She gets battered by a couple of left-handed strikes from Ekaterina. Now she is starting to take charge in the first round. A couple of right and lefrt combo from the Russian and Manju Rani asks for a break. Her headgear appears to be loose. Rani is now being a on the backfoot. She charges ahead with a right hook, and gets a left handed strike again.
13:34 hrs IST
Ekaterina Paltceva comes out
Ekaterina Paltceva enters the ring and she is in the blue corner. She has the home advantage, remember.
13:33 hrs IST
Manju Rani comes out for the fight!
Manju Rani enters the boxing ring and the fight is about to begin at any side. She is on the red corner.
13:27 hrs IST
Fight to begin in 3 minutes
The fight will begin in about three minutes. The boxers are getting ready on the sidelines, preparing themselves for the summit clash.
13:15 hrs IST
Can Manju Rani win a gold medal?
Manju Rani will take on the 2nd seed Russian Ekaterina Paltceva. She has beaten the top seed North Korean Kim Hyang Mi. But Ekaterina will have home advantage. Fight to begin in 15 minutes. Are you ready?
13:00 hrs IST
Manju Rani on 48 kg category - which once was Mary Kom’s yard
“The pressure was there as Mary didi has won so many medals for India in this category. But it was also a motivation to not let her down. I wanted to give everything to win a medal for my country,” she said.
The Haryana girl has quickly made an impact since changing her state and playing for Punjab. She made the switch as she felt she was not getting her due in Haryana. “I was not able to win medals all the while I was playing for Haryana. When I switched to Punjab last year, it turned my fortunes as I started doing well in domestic circuit and got noticed. Last year, I won three international medals and made my world cup debut in a year’s time,” she was quoted as saying by news agency PTI on Monday.
12:40 hrs IST
A word on Manju Rani
Manju Rani’s childhood coach Sahab Singh and uncle Sunil Kumar looked tensed as they watched her bouts. They were hoping Manju didn’t get a raw deal as was the case earlier in her career and had to shift from Haryana and represent Punjab. Having made the switch in 2017, Rani won the national championships in January, and there has been no looking back.
“Whenever there is a trial or fight, we just pray she doesn’t get a biased decision because she has suffered a lot in Haryana and we had to enter her for competitions from Punjab. Once she made it to the national camp, she has been taken good care of and the trials have been open and fair,” said Sahab Singh.
12:20 hrs IST
India medals so far
India have so far won three bronze medals in the tournament - with Mary Kom, Jamuna Boro and Lovlina Borgohain all going down in the semifinals. Manju Rani will either add a silver or a gold to India’s tally.
12:10 hrs IST
Other India boxing results
- Mary Kom won bronze after losing her 51kg semifinal bout against Turkey’s European Champion Busenaz Cakiroglu via a split verdict 1:4.
- Jamuna Boro lost her 54 kg semifinal bout against top-seed Taiwan’s Hsiao-Wen Huang with a bronze.
- In India’s final bout of the day, Lovlina Borgohain lost against China’s Liu Yang in 69 kg semifinal.
12:00 hrs IST
Hello and welcome
Hello and welcome to our live blog on Manju Rani World Boxing Championships final. This is her debut year in the tournament, and she has already reached 48kg final. Rani will be hoping to win the gold medal for India. Up against her though, is the home town girl Ekaterina Paltceva, who is second-seeded in the tournament.
