The female boxers of Madhya Pradesh exhibited an impressive show at Madhya Pradesh State Female Boxing Championship 2017 with bagging 16 gold medals, six silver medals and one copper medal.
The championship was held at Jabalpur on February 3 and 4. The boxers of Madhya Pradesh Boxing Academy bagged 23 medals showcasing an outstanding performance at the championship.
The championship was neck-to-neck among the boxers. Mini Singh Gaur was awarded with the Best Boxer of the boxing championship 2017.
Under senior player category Kamla Roka, Shreya Gupta, Nisha Yadav, Upasana Pandey from Madhya Pradesh won gold medals. While under junior category boxers Anjali Sharma, Divya Pawar, Mani Singh Gaur, Deepa Kumari, Nancy Piyasi, Shruti Yadav and Payal won the gold medals.
Showcasing highly impressive show, boxers Anshu Yadav, Hansika Agarwal, Bhoomi, Ayushi Awasthi and Maahi lamba won gold medals under sub-junior category.
On the other hand, boxers including Ayushi Kshetri, Vidushi Sharma, Pragati Diwedi, Jigyasa Rajput, Pratibha Dhote and Kumari Pratibha bagged the silver medals.
Boxer Anmol Mahavar won the bronze medal under the championship.
Notably, all the boxers were trained by coach of Madhya Pradesh Boxing Academy Roshan lal, Deepak Mahajan, Adnan Qureshi and Nitish Yadav.
Expressing content over the outstanding performance by the boxers, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated all the boxers. She said that boxers should perform with same enthusiasm in each match and wished them luck in all the future endeavours.