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The lion hearted Nitu continued her dominance in the squaredring as she breezed past local lass Nillada Meekoon comprehensively to stamp her authority on the gold and pave the way for the others after India’s first summit clash.
In the 64 kg high-octane final, Manisha had to toil it out against Idimokh Kholova of Tajikistan as it went down to the wire and the Indian eked out the win via split verdict (3-2) and secured India’s second gold.
Next up, Lalita had it easy as she maintained an impregnable defense while landing her quick combinations to steamroll past her opponent with a unanimous decision to bring home India’s third gold.
However, the lone Indian male in the summit clash, Ankit, faltered at the final hurdle as did three other female pugilists - National Champion Anamika (51 kg), Sakshi (81 kg) and WYC bronze medalist Neha Yadav (+81 kg) – to settle for silver.
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