BOXING – BAHRAINIS Omar Budhahei and Hamsa Vogel both bowed out of further title contention yesterday in their respective boxing competitions at the 20th Asian Games. Budhahei lost by unanimous decision (0-5) to Mohammed Sattar Salih Shijlawi from Iraq in their men’s 60kg preliminary round bout, while Vogel bowed to India’s Ankush also by unanimous decision (0-5) in the men’s 80kg preliminaries.
Budhahei and Vogel are part of a five-member boxing national team at this year’s Asiad, with the others being Ali Abdalla, who has punched his ticket to the men’s 70kg round of 16; Maryam Khamis, who will begin her medal bid tomorrow in the women’s 54kg weight category; and Jorge Luis Lobaina, who will enter the ring at Nishio Gymnasium in the men’s 90kg, which gets underway on Saturday.