Vikas Krishan, Manoj Kumar settle for bronze

Already through to the Olympics, Indian boxers Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) yesterday had to be content with bronze medals in the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) World Qualifying Tournament here.

Baku (Azerbaijan): Already through to the Olympics, Indian boxers Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) yesterday had to be content with bronze medals in the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) World Qualifying Tournament here.

Vikas Krishan

While Vikas was declared medically unfit and had to concede his bout against Turkmenistan’s Achilov Arslanbek, Manoj lost 0-3 to reigning European champion Pat McCormack of Britain. Sumit Sangwan’s (81kg) hopes of qualifying for the Olympics ended yesterday.

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