Vijender Kumar has lost his semifinal bout against Cuba's Emilio Correa Bayeaux 8-5. He has to settle with the Bronze medal now.
The Cuban boxer had a 2-0 lead by the end of Round 1 itself. Vijender lifted his game and tried to storm back in Round 2. The score for Round 2 was 2-3 in the favour of Vijender. The total score after Round 2 was 4-3 with Vijender trailing with 1 point. But in the third round Emilio scored a clear 3-0 and the total score was 7-3 taking the match away from the hands of Vijender Kumar. Vijender tried a comeback but the 4 point lead was too much and the final score was 8-5.
With this bronze, India is at 44th position in medals tally with 1 Gold and 2 Bronze, the best performance of India so far in Olympics.
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