Ambekar Meetei wins men's 50kg boxing gold at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics
Boxing
Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei clinched the men's 50kg boxing gold at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
He edged out Ireland’s Kristian Jubani in a 3-2 final and earlier recorded a 5-0 victory over Colombia's Izzon Jeffrey Galea Arevalo. The achievement broke a 16-year streak without an Indian boxer in the finals of the Youth Olympic Games.
