Chinese boxers reign supreme in Women's World Championships

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Chinese boxers dominated the final day of the AIBA Women's World Championships in New Delhi on Saturday, as they took part in five out of the ten finals and returned victorious in four out of those categories at the Indira Gandhi Stadium Sports complex.

The biggest boxing event of the year saw ten new World Champions being crowned from six countries, including the four from China.

The 75-kilogram middleweight division is one of the three women's boxing events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and China's Li Qian faced Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in the final of that weight class.

2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist Li won 4-1 to claim the first gold for China. China reigned supreme in three other finals bouts as well as Dou Dan prevailed in the 64-kilogram class while Wang Lina followed suit with a victory in the 81 kilograms category and Yang Xiaoli's returned triumphantly in the 81-plus kilograms heavyweight division.

China's Yang Xiaoli fights against Turkish boxer Demir Sunner (blue) in Women's heavyweight category in the final of AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship in Delhi. /VCG Photo

Each of the three Chinese boxers won their final bouts with the same score of 5-0.

Interestingly, Yang has been on the spotlight for China many times already with her impressive record, including winning gold in Jeju 2014 and Astana 2016 World Championships in the Light Heavy (81 kg).

She grabbed another back-to-back gold medal on Saturday after three breathtaking rounds in the last bout of the impressive tenth edition of the AIBA Women's World Championships.

Among the five Chinese finalists only Gu Hong bit the dust as she went down fighting against Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-chin in the 69kg category as China ended the tournament with four gold and one silver medal.

This was China's best result since women's boxing was first introduced to the Olympics during the 2012 London Summer Games. China has also earned the “Best Team” honor.