
With 4 pugilists in semifinal of Women’s Boxing World Championships at New Delhi, Indians displayed their joint third best performance. In 2002 and 2008 also Indians won 4 medals. While Indians won maximum 8 medals with 3 Gold in 2006, when they hosted World Championships for the first time, in 2005 World Championships Indians won 5 medals. In 2018 Women’s Boxing World Championships 22 nations have sent 40 pugilists in the semifinals to be played today. China leads with 6, followed with 4 pugilists by India, 3 from North Korea, while 7 others have 2 pugilists each and remaining have 1 representation each. Check complete schedule with list of nations in semifinals.
Eight Indians in Quarterfinals
Women’s World Boxing Championships: Indians are Overall Third Best
Semifinalists by Category
Light flyweight (45-48 kg)
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Mary Kom vs Kim Hyang-mi (North Korea)
Madoka Wada (Japan) vs Hanna Okhota (Ukraine)
Flyweight (51 kg)
Indian challenger Pinki Rani lost Quarterfinals 0:5 against Bulgarian Stoyka Petrova.
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Grazieli de Sousa (Brazil) vs Zhaina Shekerbekova (Kazakhstan)
Chang Yuan (China) vs Pang Chol-mi (North Korea)
Bantamweight (54 kg)
Indian challenger Manisha Maun lost Quarterfinals 1:4 against
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Stoyka Petrova (Bulgaria) vs Nandintsetseg Myagmardulam (Mongolia)
Kristy Harris (Australia) vs Lin Yu-ting (Chinese Taipei)
Featherweight (54-57 kg)
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Sonia Chahal vs Jo Son-hwa (North Korea)
Jemyma Betrian (Netherlands) vs Ornella Wahner (Germany)
Lightweight (57-60 kg)
Indian Challenger Laishram Sarita Devi was knocked out 2:3 by Kellie Harrington (Ireland) in Pre-QF
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Sudaporn Seesondee (Thailand) vs Oh Yeon-ji (South Korea)
Kellie Harrington (Ireland) vs Karina Ibragimova (Kazakhstan)
Light welterweight (64 kg)
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Mariia Bova vs Sema Çalışkan (Turkey)
Simranjit Kaur vs Dou Dan (China)
Welterweight (64-69 kg)
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Lovlina Borgohain vs Chen Nien-chin (Chinese Taipei)
Nadine Apetz (Germany) vs Gu Hong (China)
Middleweight (69-75 kg)
Indian Challenger Saweety Boora lost pre-QF 0:5 vs Elżbieta Wójcik (Poland), who lost to semifinalist Lauren Price.
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Nouchka Fontijn vs Lauren Price (Wales)
Naomi Graham (USA) vs Li Qian (China)
Light heavyweight (81 kg)
Indian Challenger Bhagyabati Kachari lost QF 2:3 against Jessica Caicedo (Colombia)
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Jessica Caicedo (Colombia) vs Viktoria Kebikava (Belarus)
Elif Güneri (Turkey) vs Wang Lina (China)
Heavyweight (+81 kg)
Indian Challenger Seema Poonia lost QF 0:5 vs Yang Xiaoli (China).
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Yang Xiaoli (China) vs Danielle Perkins (USA)
Şennur Demir (Turkey) vs Kristina Tkacheva (Russia)
Representation by Nation in Semifinals
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6 China
4 India
3 North Korea
2 Chinese Taipei
2 Germany
2 Kazakhstan
2 Netherlands
2 Turkey
2 Ukraine
2 USA
1 each
Australia
Belarus
Brazil
Bulgarian
Colombia
Ireland
Japan
Mongolia
Russia
South Korea
Thailand
Wales
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