Bangkok: National champion Jaismine Lamboria has secured her spot for Paris Olympics 2024 with a comprehensive victory against Marine Camara of Mali in the lop-sided quarterfinals of the 2nd World Qualification Tournament here on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Amit Panghal booked his ticket to the Paris Olympics in the men's 51kg weight category after beating Chinese pugilist 5:0 in the quarterfinals. With the victory, the 2019 world championship silver medallist Panghal became the second Indian male pugilist to seal a Paris berth after Nishant Dev (71 kg). Panghal had only one shot at making the Paris Olympics and the 2018 Asian Games champion made the most of his opportunity.
Jaismine, who dropped down from 60 kg, then reclaimed the women's 57 kg quota for the country, which India had to surrender after holder Parveen Hooda was suspended for whereabouts failure last month. Jaismine out-punched Marine Camara of Mali in a rather lop-sided quarterfinals.
The duo joined the three women's boxers Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Sai Pawar (54kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), who had confirmed their berths by winning bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Games.
