Services take men's title with nine gold, Haryana take women

Biswaamitra (48kg), S Victor Singh (50) and A Naoba Singh (52) were among nine gold medals for Services, which emerged the top men's team while Haryana's women topped the chart with five gold medals at the BFI's second Junior National Boxing Championships, here Tuesday.

Services had 12 boxers in the final but three had to settle for silver medals.

In contrast, Haryana who bagged nine medals in all failed to win any silver though they added four bronze medals to boost their overall tally. Manipur and Punjab women had finished behind Haryana.

Among the men boxers, two gold medals went to HaryanaSumit (70kg) and Vinit (75) while one each was won by Uttar Pradesh's Manish Rathore (48) and Chandigarh's Younam Kamboj (80).

Haryana's Sumit was adjudged the best boxer of the tournament.

For Services, the other gold medal winners were Yaithaba (54), TH Lakhmani (57), L. Bilotson Singh (60), Ajay Kumar (63), Aakash Sai (70) and Vishal Gupta (+80).

In women section, Lipakshi of Rajasthan ...