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Jamshedpur, June 18: Outstanding performance in the recent selection trials has won Lakshmi Padiya a ticket to Russia.
The city’s star pugilist will fly abroad next month to compete in an invitational boxing championship. Four other women who are part of the squad and will accompany her to Russia for the meet are Kalpana Choudhury (Assam), Chhotu Kumari, Sulekha Kumari (Haryana) and Sangeeta Kumari (Manipur).
The 26-year-old, Lakshmi, who is employed with Jharkhand Police is quite an old hand inside the ring. The lanky pugilist is talented and has been bracketed with the likes of Aruna Mishra, a former Asian Women’s Boxing Championship gold medallist.
Lakshmi is in good stead after her performance at the recent national camp in Patiala and aims to continue with the performance at the international meet also.
“I will try to continue with my form in Russia. It’s a good opportunity for me and will like to come up with my best show,” she said.
Apart from claiming several medals in state championships, she has also achieved the top slot in the 70kg weight category at the Senior Women’s National Boxing Championship in Guwahati, which was held in 2002.
Lakshmi, who regularly trains at Tata Boxing Centre, said she was in fine fettle and was confident of a good show in Russia.
“I believe in hard work and will give my hundred percent at the meet. Boxing is all about strength and reflexes and these factors help a boxer to perform better inside the ring,” the city pugilist said.
Barring Jamshedpur, the state has very few women pugilists to boast. The good show by Jamshedpur women pugilist is due to the infrastructure support from Tata Steel sports department, which has helped the eves with a knack for that big punch, to revel.
Though there is no dearth of men boxers in the state with international medallists like Diwakar Prasad, Antheras Lakra and Namit Bahadur, the same cannot be said about their women counterparts. The women pugilist in other districts continue to lang- uish for want of adequate facilities.
“We idolise our seniors — Aruna and Lakshmi — for their remarkable feats and we are trying to follow in their footsteps,” said a young trainee at the Tata Boxing Centre, requesting anonymity.
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