India end Dakar 2026 with historic boxing gold double

Dakar, Nov 13 (UNI)Ambekar Lairenlakpam Meetei and Gunjan became India's first boxing gold medallists at the Youth Olympic Games after winning their respective finals at Dakar 2026 in Senegal. Ambekar Lairenlakpam Meetei defeated Ireland's Kristian Jubani 3-2 in the men's 50kg final before Gunjan secured a 5-0 unanimous decision victory over Algeria's Bouthaina Bensalah in the women's 48kg gold medal bout at the Dakar Expo Center on Thursday. The two gold medals took India's final tally at Dakar 2026 to 10 - two gold, three silver and five bronze. Ambekar, a 17-year-old boxer from Manipur, lost the opening round of…