Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan and former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen were among the eight Indian boxers to make the finals, while five others settled for bronze medals in the 56th Belgrade International Tournament in Serbia.
Sumit defeated Greece’s Vagkan Nanitzanian in 91-kilogram category to clash with Ecuador’s Castilo Torres in the final while Nikhat out-punched Serbia’s Nina Radovanovic for a unanimous 3-0 win in 51-kilogram category.
The national bronze-medallist will be up against Greece’s Aikaterini Koutsogeorgopulou of Greece in her summit clash. Himanshu Sharma (49kg), Laldinmawia(52kg), Varinder Singh (56kg), Pawan Kumar (69kg), Jamuna Boro (54kg), and Ralte Lalfakmawii (+81kg) were also advanced to the finals.
Settling for bronze medals among the men was Narender (plus 91kg) after going down to Serbian Vladan Babic in a split verdict. In the women’s competition, Rajesh Narwal (48kg), Priyanka Thakur (60kg), Rumi Gogoi (75kg) and Nirmala Rawat (81kg) settled for bronze medals.