Mongolia and China earned the first Olympic quotas at the Asian Games
Mongolia’s Yesugen Oyuntsetseg and China’s Wu Yu are the first boxers in the Asian Games who earned quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Hangzhou.
Kazakhstan’s two-time World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay delivered her sensational technical skills in the first round against Mongolia’s Yesugen Oyuntsetseg and she took the lead on the judges’ scorecards in this important quarter-final. As many times, the Mongolians are brave fighters, they are able to turn back contests against stars as well, and it happened once again in Hangzhou. The 22-year-old Oyuntsetseg not only won this quarter-final and earned a medal in the Asian Games but she is the first quota holder from the continent.
China’s Wu Yu moved down one category in the previous months following her gold medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championships. The experienced Chinese boxer used her technical skills to keep the attacking Bobokulova on long in the first round. Wu kept the same technician level of boxing against the two-times ASBC Asian U22 Champion and she earned the second Olympic quota at the women’s light flyweight (50kg) after the Mongolian.
India’s Parveen Hooda moved down three categories following her loss in the national selections at the women’s welterweight (66kg). The 23-year-old Indian competes at the featherweight (57kg) in this Asian Games and she is the tallest boxer in the category. Parveen had a local opponent, China’s Xu Zichun in the Round of 16 and she used her longer reach perfectly in their meeting today. The Indian became the first female boxer who eliminated a Chinese girl in this fantastic and exciting contest.
Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Ting and Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio knew each other very well from previous international competitions and the two World Champions had to meet once again in a specific re-match in the Round of 16. Lin had only one choice in tactics, just to use her longer hands and avoid Petecio’s attacks from the first round which worked better this time and the boxer from Chinese Taipei marched to the quarter-finals. Thailand’s Porntip Buapa and Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova were the further winners in this weight class. China’s Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan and Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay were the finalists at the Men’s World Boxing Championships in Tashkent at the light heavyweight (80kg). Their repeat match was another close and tough fight today and the Xinjiang-based Chinese was favoured three out of the five judges. Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullayev and Jordan’s Hussein Iashaish both stopped their opponents and celebrated early victories in this strong weight category while Kazakhstan’s Sagyndyk Togambay knocked out his rival at the heavyweight (92kg).
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