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Ri Jong topples Olesya Gladkova

Kirti Patil

NEW DELHI: World champion Olesya Gladkova of Russia made an early exit losing to Ri Jong Hyang of North Korea on the second day, which saw Indians win two of the four bouts in the fourth World women's boxing championship at the NDMC Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.

Ri Jong has had success earlier against the Russian when she beat her to win her first World championship gold in Antalya, Turkey, in 2002. However, three years later in Podolsk, Russia, Olesya had her revenge when she won by a comfortable 25-15 margin.

On Sunday though, they met very early in the draw, and Hyang pounced on the champion from the start in the 48kg class.

After a slender 3-2 lead in the first round, Hyang improved it to 10-7 landing straight punches against a defensive Russian. Stung by the deficit, Olesya hit her opponent behind the ears earning negative points before losing out the second round bout, 16-10.

India had a fruitful day with debutant N. Usha powering past the World bronze medallist, Sandra Bizier of Canada in the 57kg category. Usha kept her chin up despite losing some early points as the Pan-American champion Sandra opened up 4-1 lead.

Usha rallied brilliantly in the first round itself to close it at 5-5. Though Sandra was one up again in the second, Usha produced some quick punches to go up 12-8. With the crowd cheering for the home boxer, Usha stayed put and won the bout 20-14.

Kalpana Chaudhary was the other Indian to win.

Up against Nadia Shehata of Egypt, Kalpana won her bout 24-7 after having been stretched in the first round.

S. Ibomcha Devi (60kg) lost to EU bronze medallist Lucie Bertaud of France 13-23, while in the 86kg category, Jyotsna's loss in the early round was a major setback for the hosts.

The results (preliminary rounds):

46kg: Svetlana Gnevanova (Rus) bt Oxana Shtakun (Ukr) RSC (OS) II; Rina Na (Chn) bt Valeria Calabrese (Ita) 25-16; Nazgul Branbayeva (Kaz) bt Derya Aktop (Tur) 12-8; Sofia Moelholt (Den) bt Chou Hsin Chen 28-26; Steluta Duta (Rom) bt Hrim Rezk (Egy) RSC (OS) II.

48kg: Yesica Bopp (Arg) bt Camelia Negrea (Rom) 12-4; Kalpana Chaudhary (Ind) bt Nadia Shehata (Egy) 24-7; Alice Kate (Phi) bt Nandintsetse Myagmardulam (Mng) 22-12; Wensi Huang (Chn) bt Ewlina Pekalska (Pol) 13-10; Marlen Esparza (US) bt Gulseda Basibutun (Tur) 24-23; Jenny Hardingz (Swe) bt Amishakodi (Sri) 13-13; Monika Csik (Hun) bt Olga Myloserdna (Ukr) 26-13; Ri Jong Hyang (Prk) bt Olesya Gladkova (Rus) 16-10.

57kg: Yum Kum Zu (Prk) bt Elena Gorshkova (Rus) 15-8; Zsuzsanna Szuknia (Hun) bt Ikram Salem (Mor) 20-9; Munkhjargal Ganbold (Mng) bt Mi Sun Yu (Kor) RSC (OC) I; Bin Wu (Chn) bt Chien Hsin Tzu (Tpe) 20-8; Ingrid Egner (Nor) bt Anna Kasprzak (Pol) 16-15; N. Usha (Ind) bt Sandra Bizier (Can) 20-14; Mihaela Cijevsci (Rom) bt Zhuldazai Imanbyayeva (Kaz) 22-10; Nagehan Gul (Tur) bt Myriam Dellal (Fra) 26-12.

60kg: Niluka Karunaratne (Sri) bt Kirsztina Ploveczki (Hun) RSC (OC) II; Anabella Farias (Arg) bt Young Mi An (Kor) RSC (OS) II; Mitchel Martinez (Phi) bt Erin McGowan (Aus) 27-13; Lucie Bertaud (Fra) bt S. Ibomcha Devi (Ind) 23-13; Malene Nielsen (Den) bt Cheng Dong (Chn) 24-17; Tatiana Chalya (Rus) bt Genevieve Lachance (Can) 19-16; Florina Popa (Rom) bt Yana Zavyalova (Ukr) 19-13; Katie Taylor (Irl) bt Eva Wahistrom (Fin) RSC (OS) II.

86kg: Maria Kovacs (Hun) bt Maloney Jacynthe (Can) 21-7; Adriana Hosu (Rom) bt Lina Zhang (Chn) 21-16; Elena Surkova (Rus) bt Sevilya Ametova (Ukr) RSC (H) I; Semsi Yarali (Tur) bt Jyotsna (Ind) 20-8.

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