MAPUSA: Aashreya Naik had to settle for a silver medal after losing to Germany’s Heck Jenin, 2-3 in the 63kg category in the Black Forest Cup, held at Germany.
Despite claiming the silver, the Guirim-based girl wasn’t not happy with the results and said, “I am not happy on winning a silver medal. I wanted gold at this international. I will work hard towards improving myself. I will strive to win more medals for my country. Now I will be attending a selection camp on July 5 and my reporting date at Haryana is on July 1,” she said.
The Indian junior women’s team head coach, Amanpreet Kaur told Herald that Goa’s Aashreya put up a commendable performance in the tournament.
“She has been with the India team for the last nine months. She played well in the tournament and there has been a good improvement in her performance. She lost by a narrow margin against the host team due to the pressure. Overall she played very well and it was a tough bout. She had earlier won a silver medal at the 13th Poland International boxing championship as well,” told Kaur.
India’s junior women boxers clinched seven medals, including five gold and the team was adjudged the best of the tournament.
