Commonwealth Games 2026: Boxers Sachin Siwach, Ankush enter quarters

India’s Ankush (right) during his bout against Antigua and Barbuda’s Jan Zalaan in Glasgow on Monday. Pic/PTI

Former world youth champion Sachin Siwach and rising youngster Ankush advanced to the quarter-finals of the men's 60kg and 80kg boxing competition respectively at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday.

Sachin, 26, produced a composed performance to beat England's William Hewitt 4-1, winning four of the five judges' scorecards. Judges 1, 2, 3 and 5 awarded Sachin a 29-27 victory, while Judge 4 favoured Hewitt with a 29-27 scoreline.

Sachin dominated the contest with consistent scoring across three rounds. The victory puts Sachin one win away from a CWG medal as he next faces Botswana's Treasure Moremi in the quarters.

Ankush won a one-sided round of 16 bout against Jan Zalaan of Antigua and Barbuda 5-0 in a unanimous decision by the five judges to make it to the last eight.

The 20-year-old Haryana boxer is also one win away from a medal in his debut Games. Meanwhile, India's Protistha Samanta finished 7th in the women's vault final of artistic gymnastics.

The 22-year-old from West Bengal, who had qualified seventh for the eight-woman final, averaged 12.883 after scoring 12.700 on her first vault and 12.666 on her second.

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