Zemfira Magomedalieva and Saadat Abdulaeva advance to semifinals at world women's boxing championships

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Jeju-si, South Korea, November 24, 2014. Dagestani Zemfira Magomedalieva and Saadat Abdulaeva qualified for the semifinals of the world women's boxing championships currently underway in the South Korean city of Jeju.

Yesterday, Dagestani athletes had their second fights. In the 81 kg weight, Magomedalieva defeated India’s Kavity, and Ablulaeva won Ukraine’s Maria Bova in the 69 kg weight.

The semifinals will run November 23. Sokhrab Manapov’s trainee Magomedalieva will oppose Chinese Shidzhin Wang to earn a final. Alexei Frolov’s trainee Abdulaeva representing Moscow will fight against French Erika Guerrier. Qualifying for semifinals, the athletes secured bronze medals as a minimum.
Other Russian semifinalists are: Zinaida Dobrynina (57 kg, won Korean Oh Yeonzhi), Anastasia Belyakova (64 kg, won Indian Pavitra), and Elena Savelieva (54 kg, won Kazakhstani Dina Zholaman).

Russian athletes leaving the tournament are: Sayana Sagataeva (51 kg, defeated by Brazilian Clelia Marques da Costa), Yaroslava Yakushina (75 kg, defeated by American Clarisse Shelds), Zoya Issaeva (49 kg, defeated by Japanese Madoka Wada), Svetlana Kossova (81 kg, defeated by Chinese Yang Xiaoli), and Sophia Ochigava (60 kg, injured)

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