SPO-KHELO-BOXING

Boxers from Haryana, Maharashtra

and Manipur launched their campaigns on a winning note on the

first day of the Under-17 boxing event at the Khelo India

Youth Games here on Sunday.

In the boys' light bantam (52kg) category, Haryana's

Harshit outpunched Deepak Kumar of Goa 5-0 while his

state-mate Sachin prevailed over Hikum Haji of Arunachal

Pradesh by an identical score in the light fly (48kg)

category, a media release issued here said.

The Maharashtra team --Naoba Singh, Bishwamitra

Chongthham, Yaiphaba Meitei and Soibam Singh all winning their

respective bouts.

In the girls' Under-17 category, Maharashtra's Aarya

Kulkarni beat Delhi's Sakshi Choudhary 5-0 in the light bantam

(52kg) and was joined in the next round by state mate Prajkta

Shinde who beat Mudrika Gururani of Uttarakhand in the same

category.

Haryana girls also started on a winning note as

Sheetal Rani advanced with a close 3-2 win over Komal of

Punjab in the flyweight (50kg) category.

Results: Girls U-17Pin Weight (46kg):Priyanka Borah

(Aam) bt Anjali Choudhary (Raj) 5-0; Sanjana (Del) bt Ragini

Upadhyay (UP) 5-0; Devika Ghorpade (Mah) bt Oinam Pinky Chanu

(Man) 5-0; Rinku (Har) bt Gora Yalung (Aru) Boys U-17Light

Fly (48kg):Sachin (Har) bt Hikum Haji (Aru) 5-0; Ravi Kashyap

(UP) bt Puran Rai (Skm), Naoba Singh (Mah) bt Aditya Gaud

(Mah) 4-0.