Ulaanbaatar, April 8 -- The Asian boxing championships in Mongolia promises to be richly rewarding for India, especially for their women. Eight Indians have entered the final of the elite continental event with six of them women. Four of the women are within a win of claiming gold in Olympic weight divisions while Sachin Siwach will be boxing in the final of the 60kg, which is one of the seven weight classes at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) became the fourth Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic division, beating Nigina Uktamova of Uzbekistan on points (3:2) in a close contest on Tuesday. Minakshi Hooda (48kg) won her semi-final bout comfortably (4:1), against Thailand's Thipsatcha Yodwaree. Besides Jaismine, Preeti (54kg), Priya (60) and Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) will also be in the final of Olympic weight categories. Vishvanath Suresh became the second men's finalist. In the 50kg semi-final, he beat Jordan's Huthaifa Eshish with a unanimous verdict (5:0). He joined Sachin, who beat Thailand's Sakda Ruamtham on points (4:1). The finals will be held on Thursday (women) and Friday (men). In the women's 48kg, Minakshi will face Mongolia's Nomundari Enkh-Amgalan. In 54kg, Preeti will take on Huang Hsiao-wen of Chinese Taipei while Jaismine will meet Thailand's Punrawee Ruenros in the 57kg final. In women's 60kg, Priya Ghanghas (60kg) goes up against Won Un Gyong of North Korea. Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) will meet Kazakhstan's Bakyt Seidish. In men, Vishvanath Suresh will take on Iwai Daichi of Japan while Sachin will be up against Orazbek Assylkulov of Kazakhstan. Four Indian men faced disappointment in the semis to finish with bronze medals. In the 75kg division, Akash lost 1:4 to Uzbekistan's Javokhir Abdurakhimov. In 85kg, Lokesh lost to Jasurbek Yuldoshev of Uzbekistan in a unanimous 5:0 verdict. In the Superheavy (90+) category, Narender suffered a 1:4 defeat to China's Bayikewuzi Danabieke. The bout was halted in the first round after Narender suffered a cut. In the heavyweight division (90kg), Harsh Choudhary lost to Tajikistan's Parviz Karimov on points (1:4). Chinese Taipei's Lin Yu-ting took bronze in her first competition since a gender-eligibility row overshadowed her Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games. Lin, 30, opted not to compete in the 2025 world championships after World Boxing announced that women boxers would have to undergo mandatory sex testing as part of a new eligibility policy. The policy was introduced a year after Lin and Algerian Imane Khelif both won gold in Paris amid a gender dispute. Last month, Lin was cleared to compete in the female category by World Boxing following an appeal from the Chinese Taipei federation, paving the way for her return at the Asian Championships. Lin, who moved up to 60kg after winning Olympic gold at 57kg, lost to North Korea's Won Un Gyong in the semi-finals. "After all, this is our first time competing in the 60kg after the Olympics," Lin's coach Tseng Tzu-chiang told Chinese Taipei's Central News Agency. "The opponents' skills, strategies and styles are all new to us, so we used this opportunity to observe and learn." Tseng said Lin's next target is the Nagoya Asian Games. "Yu-ting hasn't competed in a long time, and it was evident that her physical condition wasn't quite up to par. Losing this time isn't a bad thing, at least there's room for improvement and a clear path forward," he added....