Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Sakshi Loses Close Bout As Injury Ends Sumit’s Asian Games
Two Indian boxers had difficult results at the Asian Games.
Sakshi Chaudhary lost a close fight to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova.
The judges scored the bout 3-2 for Balkibekova.
Sakshi tried to attack but could not land enough clean punches.
Sumit was ahead after the first two rounds of his fight.
In the third round, he fell awkwardly and appeared to hurt his knee.
He could not continue, so the referee stopped the bout and gave the win to Iraq’s Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan.
Parveen was still scheduled to compete later.
Sakshi Chaudhary lost her women’s 51kg pre-quarterfinal 2-3 to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova.
Balkibekova stayed ahead across all three rounds and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Sumit conceded his men’s 70kg pre-quarterfinal against Iraq’s Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan after a third-round knee injury.
Sumit was leading after two rounds before falling awkwardly after coping with a punch.
Parveen was scheduled to face Tajikistan’s Malika Nozimova in a women’s round-of-16 bout.
- Who
- Indian boxers Sakshi Chaudhary and Sumit; their opponents were Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan and Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan of Iraq.
- What
- Sakshi lost her pre-quarterfinal, while Sumit retired from his bout because of a knee injury.
- When
- Thursday during the Asian Games.
- Where
- At the Asian Games.
- Why
- Sakshi was beaten 2-3 by Balkibekova, while Sumit could not continue after injuring his knee in the third round.
- Sakshi’s result
- Lost 2-3 to Alua Balkibekova in the pre-quarterfinals.
- Sakshi’s category
- Women’s 51kg, according to the main report; one passage incorrectly refers to women’s 65kg.
- Sumit’s result
- Conceded his men’s 70kg pre-quarterfinal after a knee injury.
- Sumit’s opponent
- Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan of Iraq.
- Injury timing
- The injury occurred in the third round, after Sumit led following the first two rounds.
- Sumit’s earlier result
- Defeated Thailand’s Bunjong Sinsiri 5-0 in his opening bout.
- Remaining Indian boxer
- Parveen was scheduled to face Malika Nozimova of Tajikistan in the round of 16.