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Indian boxers top medal standings at Finland boxing meet

Tampere (Finland), Nov 2 (UNI) Arundhati Chaudhary, Aarti Dhariyal, Ankushita Boro and Pawan Bartwal led India’s medal-winning campaign at the Tammer Tournament 2026 here, with four golds on Sunday.

Indian pugilists finished atop the overall medal tally with four gold, two silver and eight bronze at the annual boxing tournament, according to olympics.com.
Organised by the Tampere Boxing Association, the tournament has been held annually since 1977 and provided international exposure to India’s 14-member squad, comprising boxers ranked third
in the country’s Olympic weight-category bench strength.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Arundhati Chaudhary claimed the 70kg gold medal, while Aarti Dhariyal clinched the 54kg and Ankushita Boro won the 65kg women’s titles, respectively.

Pawan Bartwal completed India’s gold-medal haul with victory in the men’s 55kg category. Aarti Dhariyal defeated Scotland’s Stephanie Kernachan 5-0 in the final, while Arundhati edged Ireland’s Evelyn Ivie Igharo 3-2.
Ankushita beat England’s Ella Thompstone 4-1 to secure her gold medal. Olympian and Commonwealth Games 2026 gold medallist Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg) along with Mohammed Hussamuddin (men’s 60kg) won silvers, while eight Indian boxers bagged bronze.
Among the men’s, Vivek Meena (65kg), Hitesh (70kg), Akshay (80kg), Bobin Chauhan (90kg)
and Chetan Choudhary (90 kg) returned with a bronze each.

Tanu (51kg), Disha Patil (60kg) and Imroz Khan (75kg) were the women’s boxers who won bronze medals in Finland.
The tournament featured 10 elite men’s as well as seven women’s weight categories and was conducted under World Boxing competition rules.
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