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Youth Boxing Championships: Seven Indian U-22 boxers, including Olympics-bound boxer Preeti, clinched gold medals as the Indian contingent concluded their highly successful campaign with an impressive 43 medals at the ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships 2024 here on Tuesday.

The Indian boxers secured 12 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals to finish with the second-highest medal count only behind the hosts Kazakhstan who have won 48 medals.

Vishvanath Suresh began the day’s proceedings for India in the 48kg category as the reigning youth world champion didn't waste much time and straightaway got into the action with his sharp punches and outperformed Kazakhstan’s Karap Yernar 5-0 to win the country's first gold medal in the U-22 category.