Taiwanese boxers won two gold medals and two silver medals at the Boxam International Tournament held in La Nucia, Spain on Saturday.
In the women’s 70kg category, Chen Nianqing won her first gold medal with a 5-0 victory over Kazakhstan’s Madina Nurshayeva.
The 26-year-old also won the tournament’s ‘Best Boxer’ trophy.
Photo provided by Ke Wen (via CNA)
Ko Wenming, Chen’s coach, said that for the tournament, which opened on Tuesday, Chen competed in the 70kg weight class instead of the usual 66kg weight class to improve his stress tolerance.
Koh said Chen had improved a lot since the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last September, and showed “improved consistency, better tactics and a more stable mindset” in Saturday’s final. It is said that
Also on Saturday, Kang Chia-wei defeated Poland’s Michal Jarlinski 3-2 to win the gold medal in the men’s 75kg category.
Photo credit: Liu Tsung-tai, via CNA
Meanwhile, Wu Xiyi won the silver medal in the women’s 60kg category, and Huang Xiaowen won the silver medal in the women’s 57kg category.
Wu and Kang have already qualified for the Paris Olympics, while Chen and Huang will have to compete in the qualifying round in Italy from February 29 to March 12.
Chen won the bronze medal at last year’s Asian Games, but did not qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Ko said Chen has a good chance of qualifying if he stays healthy.
Huang’s coach, Liu Tsung-tai, said that Huang’s goal in the Boxam International Tournament is to review his training results in matches against upper-class athletes and to get to know potential competitors in the 54kg weight class, mainly He said he is focusing on: Obtained the right to participate in the Olympics.
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