April 24, 2011 8:51 PM

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India bag two gold medals at International Boxing Tournament

India have won two gold medals in their maiden appearance at the Winner International Boxing Tournament in Serbia. At Belgrade, both Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) and teen sensation Shiva Thapa (56kg) finished on top in the finals of their respective categories. 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 three regulation rounds. The Indian, however, managed to grab the yellow metal on the individual score. The 17-year-old Shiva, a Youth Olympics silver medalist, defeated Bulgarian Delaklive Detelin to clinch his maiden gold in a senior international tournament. Manpreet Singh, the silver medalist 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 to the event for the first time, finished with two gold and a bronze medal in the tournament.

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