amman jordan five indian boxers including the seasoned trio of vikas krishan 69kg pooja rani 75kg and satish kumar 91kg secured tokyo olympic berths on sunday by advancing to the semifinals of the asian qualifiers with mostly commanding victories heresatish rani krishan lovlina borgohain 69kg and ashish kumar 75kg became the first set of indian boxers to qualify for quadrennial showpiece scheduled in julyaugust this yearwhile fourthseeded rani notched up a facile 50 win over thailands pornnipa chutee krishan endured a difficult one against thirdseeded japanese sewonrets okazawa before also prevailing in a unanimous verdict against the asian silver medallistin the evening session twotime world bronze medalwinner and second seed borgohain eased past uzbekistans maftunakhon melieva to enter the semifinalsalso through to the lastfour stage was asian silver medallist ashish with a 50 win over indonesias maikhel roberrd muskita the bout being more intense than what the final scoreline might suggestcommonwealth games silver medallist and fourth seed satish kumar 91kg then put it past mongolias daivii otgonbayar 50 in the final indian bout of the day to make it a highly successful outing for the country satish faces a tough bout in the semifinal where he will face reigning world champion and top seed bakhodir jalolov of uzbekistani managed to execute whatever i had planned i wanted to fight from a distance and counterattack which i could do just qualifying is not enough i want to now win a gold medal a jubilant borgohain who hails from assam said after her bouthowever firsttimer sachin kumar 81kg went down in a split decision to chinas national champion daxaing chen in his quarterfinal boutsachin nonetheless remains in the hunt for an olympic berth if he can win the twobout boxoff between the losing quarterfinalists the top five boxers in his category will get a spot in the tokyo gameswhile rani borgohain ashish and satish secured their maiden olympic spots krishan will be making his third successive appearance at the gamesi had never fought against this girl before today and honestly i was a bit scared i had told my coaches about it before the bout they instilled confidence in me and i could pull off a onesided result i am happy said the 29yearold rani who fought careerthreatening shoulder and hand injuries before her gold at last years asian championshipsrani will next face the reigning world and asian champion li qian of china who has the top billing in the 75kg category qian had no trouble beating mongolias myagmarjargal munkhbat 50 in the opening bout of the daytaking full advantage of her longer reach rani outpunched the inexperienced but determined chutee the indian is a threetime asian medallist besides being a bronze medalwinner at the 2014 asian gameskrishan however had to slog hard against a brilliant boxer whose performance was eyecatching despite the loss okazawa a gold medalwinner at the olympic test event last year kept krishan on his toes and his right jabs were particularly effectivewhat worked for the haryanalad was