Jahana bouts Thulsi out

Visakhapatnam, Dec 18 (UNI) Jahana of Assam forced Thulsi of Tamil Nadu to retire in the first round itself in the 46kg category bout of the seventh Senior National Women's boxing championship here today.

Amanpreet of Punjab was too strong for Deepti of Uttar Pradesh and the referee stopped the contest in the first round in the 54kg category (rsc).

Meena Rani of Uttar Pradesh was 28-10 ahead in points in the 60kg category bout in the last bout.

Brief rsults: 46kg: Jahana (ASM) bt E Thulsi (TN), Sonia J (Goa) bt Gurharkirt (Pnb), Roshni (Megalaya) bt Neha (Raj), V Mahalakshimi (Andhra Pradesh) bt Chandrikaben (Guj).

48kg category: C H Kanka Durga (APp) bt Vrushali (Mah), Thara of Kerala bt Poonam (Delhi), Sandhya Beat (Sikkum) bt Laxmi (Jha), Kalpana Railway Sports Board (RSB) Anjsoli (Chattishgarh) 50 kg category: A Kumari (AP) bt Monika (UP), Ch Lata Manipur bt Arya SL (Kerala), Sudha (Raj) bt Rinku (Jha).

52 kg category: Jeuti (Asm) bt Kiran (UP), Ranjni Sonwal (Raj) bt P Jhansi (AP), Sushma (Haryana) bt K Mandikini (Manipur), 54 kg category: Aman Preet (Pnb) bt Deepti (UP), Susmita (Orissa) bt Usha (Raj), Aswathiprabha (Kerala ) bt Bokali (Nagaland), Sunita (Har) bt Anu Singh (HP).

60kg category: Meena Rani (UP) bt Manjary (Utar), S Ibemcha (Manipur) bt S Kalai (TN), Ch Lakshman Rekha (AP) bt Akhiprabha (Raj).

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