Bronze medal for Anusha

Sri Lanka’s Anusha Kodituwakku won the bronze medal at the under 48kg Light Flyweight category beating her Ukrainian opponent at the final of the International women’s boxing championship now in progress in Petersburg, Russia.

This was the second medal for Sri Lanka at the meet after Nilmini Jayasinghe’s golden feat in flyweight category. Jayasinghe beat Mandy Dujold of Canada to win the gold under 51 kg flyweight category Jayasinghe qualified to the final beating Alexandra Kuleshova of Russia by 8-7. This is Jayasinghe's best performance in an international meet. She won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Championships in Vietnam.