Sourav, who won the first-ever singles medal (bronze) in squash at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022 has his eyes set on winning the singles gold at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou
The dynamic 23-year-old pugilist from Haryana hardly put a foot wrong in her commanding 5-0 win against the 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan in the Last-16 contest
The tenacious Preeti (54kg), who won bronze at 2022 Asian Championships, registered her second win of the ongoing tournament as she conquered the Romanian Perijoc with a 4-3 win on points after the bout was reviewed
The para-athlete was ecstatic after the win and said that winning laurels for the country is paramount. He added that there is no greater feeling than winning a medal for the country.
The Championships will be held from March 15 to 26 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi. 2020 Tokyo Bronze medallist, Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) has two World Championships bronze medals to her name so far and will join seven other Olympic medallists boxing for glory in the upcomin
Reetika, a gold medalist in the U23 Asian Championships and bronze medalist at Junior World Championships last year, defeated Lilly Schneider of Germany, via technical superiority by 10-0 in the bronze medal bout, as per Olympics.com
India won their first medal in the current competition with Ankit Gulia's bronze. Gulia, who took home the gold at the U15 Asian Championships in 2019, was defeated by Otar Abuladze of Georgia in the first round due to technical superiority (9-0).
Abuladze made it to the final and Gulia made it to the repechage round and defeated Kyrgyzstan's Nurzhigit Keneshbek Uulu by 9-0 on basis of technical superiority