Eight Kazak women boxers earned first place in their home country at the Asian Women's Championships in Astana, which were held from the 23rd to 31st of May. The athletes were followed by China who won the most medals in total - 10, and Korea and India amassing eight medals each.

AIBA reports: 31-05-2010

Kazakhstan Claims Throne in Asian Women's Championships

With a total of 84 boxers from 16 countries, and 15 referees and judges from 13 nations, the Championships were a success. The strong Chinese team brought with it a squad of 10 whereas Tajikistan and Turkmenistan each competed with just one boxer - the former even going on to earn itself first place in the 60kg category.

Movzuna Chorieva from Tajikistan won her final against Yong Sim Ryu from Korea 10:7. However, Ryu's compatriots Myong Sim Kim and Kum Ju Yun took gold at 48kg and 57kg respectively. Both women won easily, Kim at 9:0 against Nazgul Boranbaeva from Kazakhstan and Yun at 6:1 against Yangzi Yang.

Indian boxer Mery Kom won the 46kg final against Ok Jong from Korea after passing through the semi-finals with a walkover when her opponent did not show up. Her teammate Sarita Devi Laishram won her final featherweight contest 16:5 against Nandintsetse Miagmardulan from Mongolia.

Unfortunately, Mery Kom and Laishram's compatriot Aswathimol was not as lucky and lost against Yanrui Wang from China, 5:0. Wang's teammate Tingting Yang who competed at light heavyweight won her bout against Korean Suk Yong Ri, 8:5.

Kazakhstan competed in the remaining four categories, winning the gold in each with Jayna Shekerbekova (54kg) defeating Korean Hye Song Kim on a close +2:2 score-line. Saida Hasenova (64kg), Dariga Shakimova (75kg) and Marina Volnova (+81kg) were all up against Chinese women boxers, winning 6:3 against Qinqin Yang, 8:2 against Jieli Tang and 10:8 against Yunfei Li, respectively.