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Daily Financial Times
Daily Financial Times
Sri Lanka’s girls bagged a Silver and Bronze medal at the first ever ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships held from 20-30 January in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Uthpala Sewwandi featured in the gold medal clash in the light fly (50kg) weight class against Uzbekistan’s Sabina Bobokulova, who was the Gold medal winner at 2019 Asian Junior and 2021 Asian Youth Championships. Uthpala entered the finals after receiving a walkover from Hikaru Shinohara in the semifinals, due to an injury, and found the 18-year-old Uzbek talent Bobokulova too strong in the title clash. Southpaw Bobokulova, who defeated Mong…