Olympic Games 2008 : Vijender Kumar secured India’s first boxing medal
Middleweight Vijender Kumar secured India’s first boxing medal when he outpointed Ecuador’s Carlos Goncora in the Beijing quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Kumar extended an impressive run by winning a 9-4 points decision to reach the last four and make sure of at least a bronze.
Since first sending seven boxers to the 1948 Games in London, the Indians have failed to reach the medal rounds in all 12 Olympics they have participated in.
Cheered on by a small but raucous Indian contingent at the Workers’ Gymnasium, the 23-year-old took a 2-0 lead in the first round and firmly defended it in the three close rounds that followed.
Kumar might struggle in his semi-final against Cuba’s Emilio Correa, who advanced by outpointing Uzbek Elshod Rasulov 9-7.
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