Manisha enters final of Polish boxing tourney

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Indian (54kg) Friday advanced to the final after upstaging former European champion Viktoria Kuleshova in the 13th International Silesian Championship for women in Gliwice,

Manisha, who claimed a silver in the world youth championships last month, fetched a 5-0 verdict in the semifinals.

"showed tremendous progress in performance and played well as per expectation" told from

In the junior category, Tingmila Doungel (48kg) claimed a gold medal after beating Germany's in the summit clash.

She is a product of the academy established by the legendary M C in

(48kg) herself entered the finals of the event's senior competition on Thursday.

Also winning a gold medal in the junior category was (51kg) after defeating Izbala Rozkabzek of in the final.

Settling for silver medals were Neha (54kg), and (63kg) after losing in the final.

While Neha lost to Nikolina Boke of Latvia, Dinesh went down to Serbia's

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First Published: Fri, September 14 2018. 19:00 IST