Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian athlete who won the gold medal in the World Women’s Boxing Championships

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Boxer Saveti Pura, who won the gold medal in the World Women’s Boxing Championships. Saveti Pura has shown excellent performance. We are proud to have won the gold medal at the World Women’s Boxing Championships. The Prime Minister said that his victory in the World Boxing Championships will inspire many upcoming athletes.

India’s Neethu Kangas and Savethi Bora set a record by winning gold medals at the Women’s World Boxing Championships. Neethu Kangas (22 years old), who clashed with Mongolia’s Lutsaikhon Altancechek in the final of the 48 kg weight category of the ongoing tournament in Delhi, played aggressively and collected points. While Luthsaigon was unable to cope with his aggressive attack, Neethu stunned the world champion with a 5-0 victory. Hailing from Bhiwandi, Ariana, Neethu has already won the Commonwealth title. In the women’s 81 kg category final of the same series, Savithi battled China’s Wang Lina with a score of 4-3 and won the gold medal. India got 2 gold medals in one day yesterday. India has won 12 gold medals so far in the history of World Boxing Championships. Of these, star athlete Mary Kom has won 6 golds (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018). Sarita Devi (2006), RL Jenny (2006), KC Lekha (2006) and Nikat Zareen (2022) have also won gold medals for India in World Cup Boxing.