Who could be our women heroes in the Asian Games?

The first competition day of the Asian Games will be starting on August 24 and three different weight classes will be in action during the event in Jakarta. Asia’s women boxers are the leaders of the boxing world and their fights will bring unique combats in the Games.
Who will be our biggest women stars?
Who will be our new heroes?
What can we expect before the Asian Games?

Women’s 51kg:
Chinese Taipei’s former AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Lin Yu Ting moved down from the bantamweight (54kg) where she is the current ASBC Asian Women’s Champion. Chinese Taipei’s pride won all of her contests in the recent two years therefore she is a gold medal contender in this strong category.
Vietnam’s best woman boxer Nguyen Thi Tam was gold medallist in this weight class at the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships and she won her last preparation event the strong Kapolri Cup as well. Besides to Lin Yu Ting and Nguyen Thi Tam, Kazakhstan’s two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay is also travelled to Jakarta for the gold medal.
Chang Yuan was gold medallist in the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games and in the Taipei 2015 AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships. Following her strong youth career she is enough strong now to do big things among the elite boxers. At the Korotkov Memorial Tournament she defeated DPR Korea’s ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships silver medallist Pang Chol Mi in a narrow contest as well but her North Korean rival is expecting to do revenge in Jakarta.
India’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships silver medallist Shamjetsabam Sarjubala Devi replaced in the national team five-time AIBA Women’s World Champion icon Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte. Thailand’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Chuthamat Raksat is in top form this year and expecting a top result in Jakarta.
Japan’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Madoka Wada has been preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Jakarta is one of her steps on this road. Sri Lanka’s best woman boxer Anusha Dilrukshi Kodituwakku is a veteran boxer who finally claimed a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games this April and she will be retired after the Asian Games.

Women’s 57kg:
Philippines’ AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships silver medallist Nesthy Petecio won all of her four international tournaments this year. She remained unbeaten in 2018 and defeated her main Asian rivals on these occasions.
China’s Yin Junhua claimed silver medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and after she moved up to the featherweight (57kg). The current ASBC Asian Women’s Champion lost to Nesthy Petecio at the Korotkov Memorial Tournament but they are the two top favourites for the titles in Jakarta.
India’s Sonia Lather Singh achieved silver medal in the Astana 2016 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and also in the Ho Chi Minh City 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships therefore she is targeting the gold also this time. Vietnam’s former AIBA Women’s Junior World Champion Vuong Thi Vy and Uzbekistan’s Rio 2016 Olympian are also among the toughest boxers.
ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships bronze medallist 21-year-old Huang Hsiao Wen is one of the tallest boxers in this category who could be dangerous to anyone in Jakarta. Kazakhstan’s Saniya Sultankyzy was member of their national elite team in 2012 and after a few years she regained her place in the squad and won the President’s Cup in Astana this June.
South Korea’s AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Im Ae Ji, Mongolia’s former ASBC Asian Women’s Champion Bolortuul Tumurkhuyag, DPR Korea’s Jo Son Hwa and Indonesia’s Christina Marwan Jembay are also among the medal contenders in Jakarta.

Women’s 60kg:
South Korea’s two-time ASBC Asian Women’s Champion Oh Yeon Ji suffered two unexpected losses in the international events in 2018 but she has got all of the skills to win her third Asian title in Jakarta.
China’s Yang Wenlu was AIBA Women’s World Champion at the light welterweight (64kg) in 2016 but since then she is not enough successful one category lower at the lightweight (60kg). DPR Korea’s ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships bronze medallist Choe Hye Song won the Korotkov Memorial Tournament in Russia and in the final she defeated China’s Yang Wenlu as well.
Chinese Taipei’s 20-year-old Wu Shih Yi developed well in the recent one year and defeated South Korea’s star Oh Yeon Ji also one month ago therefore her expectations are high in Jakarta. Kazakhstan’s Astana-based Rimma Volosenko won five international tournaments in the recent one year and focusing to the top of the podium also in Jakarta.
Thailand’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Sudaporn Seesondee Sudaporn is in top form and could be her nation’s great weapon in Jakarta. Vietnam’s Incheon 2014 Asian Games bronze medallist Luu Thi Duyen claimed silver in the last edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships and aiming for a top result in Jakarta as well.
Tajikistan’s ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist Shoira Zulkaynarova and Mongolia’s AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships bronze medallist 19-year-old Namuun Monkhor are also key boxers in this weight class.

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