Overview

• Minakshi Hooda outclassed Mongolia’s Lutsaikhany Altantsetseg 5-0 to enter the women’s 48kg final, with every bout so far won by unanimous decision.
• She is slated to face Kazakhstan’s Nazym Kyzaibay in the title bout, setting up a rematch of their World Cup meeting in Astana.
• Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) and Nupur Sheoran (80+kg) also advanced to the finals after 5-0 semifinal wins, with Jaismine to meet Poland’s Julia Szeremeta and Nupur to face Agata Kaczmarska.
• Pooja Rani reached the 80kg semifinals against England’s Emily Asquith, taking India’s guaranteed medal tally to at least four.
• India competed with a 20-member squad at the first Worlds run by the new governing body, World Boxing, as the men’s team ended without a medal for the first time since 2013.