Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tribute to Manju Wanniarachchi




Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka (L) lands a blow on opponent Sean McGoldrick of Wales during their bantamweight 56kg boxing bout for the gold medal at The Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on October 13, 2010. Wanniarachchi won 16-14. The Commonwealth Games are taking place in the Indian capital from October 3-14.
Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka (2L) kisses his medal as he celebrates victory over opponent Sean McGoldrick of Wales (L) silver medallist, as they pose with bronze medallists Tirafalo Seoko of Botswana (2R) and Louis Julie of Maurituis (R) during the medal ceremony after their bantamweight 56kg boxing bout at The Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on October 13, 2010. Barnes won 8-4. The Commonwealth Games are taking place in the Indian capital from October 3-14.


Sri Lanka’s Manju Wanniarachchi, 30, was given the verdict on countback after the two fighters had finished deadlocked 7-7 at the end of the three-round contest.


Sri Lanka boxing coach Dian Gomes paid tribute to McGoldrick, who he thought his man would defeat comfortably.

“We thought we could easily beat him (McGoldrick) by a big margin but I must say he was very good,” he said.

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