INDIAN pugilists won fourgold, two silver and eight bronze medals to finish a top the medals tally at the 46th International Tammer Boxing Tournament in Tampere, Finland, on Sunday. Aarti Dhariyal (women’s 54kg),Ankushita Boro (women’s 65kg), Arundhati Chaudhary (women’s 70kg) and Pawan Bartwal (men’s 55kg) clinched goldmedals, while Mohammed Hussamuddin (men’s 60kg) and Jaismine (women’s 57kg) settled for silver. The tournament has been held annually since 1977 and is an established event on the international boxing calendar.

 

India had fielded a14-member squad with afocus on providing exposure to boxers ranked third in the country’s Olympic weight-category bench strength. Aart icon vincingly beat Kernachan Stephen of  Scotl and 5:0 while Commonwealth GamesgoldmedallistArundhati got the better of IgharoEvelyn IviofIreland 3:2. Ankushita Boro defeated England’s Thomp stone Ella 4:1. VivekMeena (men’s 65kg), Hitesh (men’s 70kg), Akshay (men’s 80kg), Bobin Chauhan (men’s 90kg), Chetan Choudhary (men’s90+kg), Tanu (women’s 51kg), Disha Patil (women’s60kg) and ImrozKhan (women’s 75kg) bagged bronze medals.