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This is an archive article published on April 24, 2011

Shiva,Samota strike gold in Belgrade boxing tourney

Samota beat Marceta Mane of Bosnia in a thrilling contest.

India struck gold not once but twice in their maiden appearance at the Winner International Boxing Tournament with Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) and teen sensation Shiva Thapa (56kg) finishing on top in the finals in Belgrade,Serbia.

Samota,a Commonwealth Games gold-medallist and Asian Games bronze-medallist,beat Marceta Mane of Bosnia in a thrilling contest in which both the boxers were tied 6-6 after regulation three rounds.

The Indian,however,managed to grab the yellow metal on the individual score.

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The 17-year-old Shiva,a Youth Olympics silver medallist,defeated Bulgarian Delaklive Detelin to clinch his maiden gold in a senior international tournament.

Manpreet Singh (91kg),the silver medallist at last year’s Asian Games,settled for a bronze medal after losing to Pulev Tervel of Bulgaria in the semi-final of the tournament.

India,invited in the event for the first time,thus finished with two gold and a bronze medal in the tournament.

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