Samiksha Singh of Nagpur won the gold medal in the Maharashtra State Boxing Championship National Trials Tournament for sub-junior girls and boys held at Akola recently. Samiksha defeated Kolhapur’s Purva Malkar by 3-0 in the 52 kg weight category.
With the win, Samiksha Singh has confirmed her place for the sub junior nationals to be held in Noida. Samiksha is the only girl from Nagpur who will participate in the nationals.
She has undergone training in Nagpur under her coaches Ganesh Purohit, Yogesh Mishra and Raunak Kumbhalkar. Currently she is being trained at Delhi Sport School in New Delhi. Along with this, Dhairya Kothi of Nagpur also won the gold medal in the 43 age bracket. He is also undergoing trainig at Divisional Sports Complex Mankapur.