New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Indian pugilists Sachin Siwach and Preeti Pawar have their eyes set on Asian Games gold following their gold medal wins on the not too long ago concluded Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.
The Indian boxing contingent, which pulled off the nation’s finest CWG 2026 medal haul with seven gold medals and total 10 medals, acquired a heat welcome on the Delhi Airport.
Speaking to ANI, Sachin, who secured a gold medal within the males’s 60 kg remaining, stated that seeing the nationwide flag hoisted after the gold medal win is a ‘totally different type of happiness’ and a motive why all of them play sport.
‘When the nationwide flag is hoisted, there’s a totally different type of happiness. This is what we play for. I wish to deliver gold from the Asian Games. I wish to inform everybody to maintain believing like this and maintain encouraging us,’ stated Siwach.
Sachin staged a outstanding comeback to defeat Namibia’s Tryagain Morning Ndevelo by a 3-2 break up determination in an exciting males’s 60 kg remaining.
Also, Preeti has her eyes set on not solely the Asian Games this yr in Japan going down from September 19 onwards, but additionally the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, saying, ‘Thank you very a lot to everybody who got here right here to obtain us. Our subsequent goal is the Asian Games and the LA 2028 Olympics. We can not specific our happiness on listening to the National Anthem play there. It is one thing that you may solely really feel.’
The 2022 Asian Games bronze medalist Preeti secured the ladies’s 54kg gold medal on the CWG 2026 after defeating Canada’s Scarlett Delgado by unanimous determination within the remaining on Saturday.
The 2026 Games have been hosted below a compact format, resulting in the elimination of main Indian medal-earning occasions like capturing, hockey, wrestling, and badminton.
India completed fourth within the medals desk on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with 39 medals, together with 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze. India formally started its journey in direction of internet hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Amdavad because the Commonwealth Games Flag was ceremonially handed over throughout a spectacular Closing Ceremony that celebrated the conclusion of Glasgow 2026 and appeared forward to the historic centenary version of the Games. (ANI)