Glasgow: Indian boxers Jaismine Lamboria and Preeti Pawar won the gold medals in the women's 57kg and women's 54kg final bouts respectively at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
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Preeti claimed the gold with a dominant 5-0 victory over Canada's Scarlett Delgado in the women's 54kg before reigning world champion Jaismine clinched the yellow metal with the same scoreline against Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh, who was the defending champion.
#WATCH | Glasgow, Scotland: Boxer Preeti Pawar says, "I am overjoyed. I have won first gold medal for India, and this is just the beginning. Everyone representing India in the upcoming bouts will give their best, and we will perform well. My parents are very happy. In fact, I… https://t.co/SndAn8LufG pic.twitter.com/8cS1ndhBBY
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Jaismine took the first round by a split verdict after a close contest with both boxers challenging each other.
However, Jaismine won the second round by a unanimous verdict, having landed some hard blows on her opponents.
#WATCH | Glasgow, Scotland: Indian boxer Jaismine Lamboria clinched the gold medal in the Women's 57kg category at the Commonwealth Games
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She says, "I am feeling very good...I dedicate this medal to the entire nation, coaches, family..." pic.twitter.com/z4H5shD1tg
Earlier, Preeti made a commanding start to her gold-medal bout, winning the opening round unanimously with all five judges adjudicating 10-8 in the Indian's favour.
The World No. 3 in the bantamweight division started the second round on a positive note and continued in the same vein to emerge winner for India's first gold medal of the day. The 22-year-old Preeti had secured a flawless 5-0 unanimous-decision victory against Zambia's Catherine Mwape in the semifinals.
