Paris Olympics 2024: Preeti Pawar Beats Vietnam’s Vo Thi Kim Anh To Enter Boxing Pre-Quarterfinals

Paris: Indian boxer Preeti Pawar defeated Vietnam’s Vo Thi Kim Anh in adult females’s 54kg classification first spherical bout to enter the pre-quarterfinals on the Paris Olympics good the following on Saturday. Asian Games bronze medallist Preeti, competing in her debut Olympic Games, opened the lawsuits for India and he or she won 5-0 on facets.

The 20-12 months-historic from Haryana was once unimpressive internal the precious spherical as her Vietnamese opponent dictated the lawsuits. Nonetheless the Indian made amends internal the following two rounds, attacking and landing clear blows on her opponent.

Preeti will face second seed and world championships silver-medallist Marcela Yeni Arias of Colombia internal the spherical of Sixteen clash on Tuesday.

Narang Consoles Shooter Sarabjot

In the meantime, India’s Chef de Mission Gagan Narang on Saturday consoled shooter Sarabjot Singh who did not make it to the optimum spherical of the guys’s 10m air pistol tournament. Sarabjot and Arjun Singh Cheema sparkled in patches but may are seeking to now no longer make it to the guys’s 10m air pistol final.

Whereas Sarabjot conducted ninth with a total ranking of 577 internal the qualifications, Arjun ended way on the again of at 18th with 574. “No man or adult females people can apprehend how Sarabjot appears to be like like I do. I faced a huge container missing out on a be counted again in 2008 Beijing Olympics,” Narang, a bronze medallist in 10m air rifle tournament in 2012 London Olympics, wrote on his ‘X’ do something about.

“Chin up @sarabjotsingh30 you've you ought to have gotten bought one extra tournament.. To obtain this.. come again superior and triumph over the enviornment my buddy.” Sarabjot has one extra likelihood to arrive success as he's going to pair up with Manu Bhaker internal the 10m air pistol mixed crew tournament on the Paris Games.