Solanki, Kaushik advance

Boxers Gaurav Solanki and Manish Kaushik entered the quarterfinals of their weight categories here on Monday.

Pitted against Akimos Annang Ampiah (Ghana) in the 52kg category, Solanki won on points, while Kaushik outpointed Michael Alexander (Trinidad & Tobago) in the 60kg category.

In swimming, in the men’s 200m backstroke, Srihari Nataraj finished sixth in his heat with a time of 2:04.75. Virdhawal Khade was also sixth in his heat in the 50m freestyle. He was timed at 23.11s.