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\n“\u0927\u093e\u0915\u0921\u093c” Girls 💪📸🥊 IBA Womens World Boxing Championships🗓 March 15 – 26🇮🇳 New Delhi@AjaySingh_SG l @debojo_m\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/6hwXdmHmZP<\/p>\n
\u2014 Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) 1679066008000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\u201cI am taking one bout at a time. I have prepared well for the Worlds. I am focusing on my strengths and looking to give my best,\u201d she said after her bout.
Joining Jaismine in the pre-quarters was Shashi Chopra, who defeated Kenya\u2019s Mwangi Teresiah by unanimous decision (5-0) in the round of 32 in the women\u2019s 63kg category. Shashi looked supremely confident in her approach and it never occured that she’s playing her first major tournament at a senior level.
However, India suffered its first loss at the Worlds when Sanamacha Chanu\u2019s last-minute replacement, Shruti Yadav, lost 0-5 to China\u2019s Zhou Pan in her round of 32 bout in the women\u2019s 70kg division. Shruti lacked footwork which hampered her speed and zing in her punches.
Boycotting NZ, Netherlands boxers compete<\/span>
New Zealand and the Netherlands, who were part of a US-led boycott of the Worlds after the International Boxing Association<\/a> (IBA) allowed Russian and Belarus boxers to compete under their national flag and anthem, participated in the tournament albeit in different circumstances.
While New Zealand\u2019s boxing federation allowed its women boxers to compete at the meet after realising that its squad trained hard for the Worlds, Dutch boxer De Cler Megan came to participate on her own under the IBA\u2019s \u2018Financial Support Program\u2019 (FSP) encouraging boxers from the boycotting nations to compete in New Delhi.
Megan later told the media that she hasn\u2019t come to the event to make any political statement but for the sake of competing against the world\u2019s best. \u201cI don\u2019t know about the sanctions but if there\u2019s any coming, we\u2019ll see then,\u201d she said. <\/div>\n