NAMCHI,:
Banashree Rai, a class IX student at PM Shree Girls Senior Secondary School,
Namchi, won a silver medal in All India Inter SAI Regional Boxing Championship
2024 which concluded Sunday in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Banashree
Rai was the lone participant from Sikkim. She faced a boxer from Bhopal
Regional Centre on November 5, from Lucknow Regional Centre in the semi-final
on November 6 and from Chandigarh Regional Centre in the final on November 8.
Banashree
Rai is 14 years old and was among the 12 players representing Guwahati Regional
Centre. She has been into boxing since two years of age and is presently
receiving training from coaches Mukesh Rai and Subash Tamang in Namchi.
Prior
to this championship, she had participated in national sub-junior boys and
girls boxing championship in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and in REC Open
Talent Hunt Program 2 held in Guwahati.
