Thitisan and Janjaem earn berths in finals
Hangzhou: Thai boxers Thitisan Panmot and Janjaem Suwannapheng will vie for the gold medal after securing their places in the finals at the Asian Games yesterday.
Thitisan edged So Chon-Ryong of North Korea 3-2 in the men’s 51kg semi-finals at Hangzhou Gymnasium.
Thitisan, who has already earned a ticket to the Paris Olympics next year, will meet Hasanboy Dusmatov in the final today after the Uzbek boxer defeated Tomoya Tsunoi of Japan 4-1 in the other semi-final.
Janjaem defeated Natalya Bogdanova of Kazakhstan by RSC in the third round of the women’s 66kg semi-final.
She will fight China’s Yang Liu, who edged Chen Nien-chin of Taiwan 3-2, in the gold medal match.
Rujakran Juntrong, another Thai fighter, lost 3-2 to Japan’s Shudai Harada in the men’s 75kg…
