Indians stay in gold hunt

Vikas Krishan (60kg), Santosh Kumar Virothu (64kg), Vijender Singh (75kg), Dinesh Kumar (81kg) and Manpreet Singh (91kg) assured themselves of atleast a silver medal as they booked their place in the title clash after winning their respective semifinal bouts at the Foshan Gymnasium.

Suranjoy Singh (52kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) had to settle for the brone medal after their lost their semi-final bouts and in the women's category five-time world champion M.C. Mary Kom (51kg) and Kavita Goyat (69-75kg) also suffered the same fate.

Image: Dinesh Kumar of India (L) celebrates after winning the men's +81kg boxing semifinal competition against Deepak Maharjan of Nepal at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 24, 2010.

Text: IANS
 
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