Indian boxers Sachin and Naman Tanwar on Wednesday have secured at least bronze medals at the Youth World Boxing Championships by making the semi-finals in St Petersburg, Russia.
Sachin, competing in the light flyweight category, defeated Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Cheng-Yu to make the last-four stage. He will next be up against Russia’s Volodya Mnatsakanyan, PTI reported.
Meanwhile, Naman got the better of Romania’s Cristian Razvan Filip in the 91kg category to make the summit clash, where he will face Cuba’s Dainier Christian Justiz.
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