Unbelievable! Ankushita Boro & Nishant Dev's Remarkable Journey at World Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament 2024

WORLD OLYMPIC BOXING QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT 2024: INDIA’S ANKUSHITA BORO, NISHANT DEV ADVANCE TO QUARTER-FINALS

Indian boxer Nishant Dev is now just one victory away from securing a place in the Paris 2024 Olympics in his weight category. Arundhati Choudhary progressed to the pre-quarters, while Narender Berwal exited the tournament.

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Ankushita Boro and Nishant Dev from India progressed to the quarter-finals in the women’s 60kg and men’s 71kg divisions respectively at the World Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday.

Arundhati Choudhary, the national champion, won convincingly in the women’s 66kg category to reach the pre-quarterfinals, while Narender Berwal was eliminated from the men’s +92kg division.

Ankushita, a former junior world champion, defeated Kazakhstan’s Rimma Volossenko, a former Asian champion, in a split decision (4-1) in the round of 16 to advance to the quarter-finals.

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Nishant continued his tournament journey with a unanimous decision victory (5-0) over the home favorite Peerapat Yeasungnoen. He now needs just one more win to secure a spot in the Paris 2024 Olympics in his category.

India has already secured three boxing quotas for Paris 2024 through Lovlina Borgohain (women's 75kg), Nikhat Zareen (women's 50kg), and Preeti Pawar (women's 54kg), who won bronze at Tokyo 2020 and are two-time world champions respectively.

However, the participation of athletes in the Paris Games depends on their respective National Olympic Committees selecting them for representation.

India has sent seven men and three women to the second World Olympic Qualifier in an attempt to secure more quotas.

Three quotas are available for grabs in the women's 60kg, men's 57kg, and men's 80kg divisions in Thailand. The men's 63.5kg and 71kg divisions each offer five quotas, while the remaining nine categories have four quotas each.

Ankushita will need two more victories to secure a quota.

Indian boxers failed to secure any quotas at the first World Boxing Qualification Tournament in Italy in March.

Arundhuti Choudhary began her campaign with a 5-0 win against Stephanie Pieneiro of Puerto Rico earlier in the day to reach the pre-quarterfinals.

Berwal's campaign ended with a narrow 3-2 loss against Ecuador’s Gerlon Gilmar Congo Chala.

Sachin Siwach (57kg) will aim to reach the quarter-finals against Batuhan Ciftci of Turkey on Thursday. Commonwealth Games champion Amit Panghal (51kg), Sanjeet (92kg), and Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg) will begin their campaigns after receiving byes in the opening round of their respective weight categories.