Tejas Kamitey of Tata Boxing Centre (TBC) and Rashmi Kumari of Urban Services emerged winners in the sub-junior girls' category on the penultimate day of the Jharkhand State Championship at JRD Tata Sports Complex in Bistupur on Friday.

Tejas floored Priti Sandil of Urban Services in the A-6 summit clash while Rashmi knocked out Chatra's Sandhya Kujur in the B-7 final bout.

Sabitri Singh of Urban Services, a wing of Tata Steel, claimed the title in the sub-junior girls' A-8 category by brushing aside TBC's Kiran Kumari in the final round.

Tejas furiously rained punches at her hapless rival before the referee stopped the contest in the second round while Rashmi also had a relatively comfortable outing.

TBC's Chanu Tiyu made it to the finals by posting a confident win against Puja Ravidas (West Singhbhum) in the junior girls' 46kg weight section. She will take on Chatra's Ganga Lohar, who beat Manisha Murmu of Urban Services in the last four clashes of the same weight category.

Pugilists of TBC and Urban Serices also displayed their prowess with aplomb by advancing into the finals of various weight sections in the senior men category.

Ujjwal Sharma romped into the summit clash by defeating Prabhat Kumar of Ramgarh in the 49kg weight section in the semi-finals even as Kamaljeet Sharma of Urban Services tripped Gumla's Ashutosh Mahto in the same weight category.

Vivek Das (TBC) and Rahul Kumar Giri (Gumla) claimed slots in the final round of senior men 52kg weight category while East Singhbhum B. Benjiem and Jitender Verma of TBC also won their 56 kg weight semi-final bouts to slip into the finals.

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Laxmi Majhi (West Singhbhum) and Priti Kumari (East Singhbhum) made it to the summit clash of elite women 48kg weight category while Rai Murmu (TBC) and Charu Mani Mardi (Urban Services) made it to the finals of 54kg weight section in the elite women group.