Day 14 (22nd August 2008)
Boxing -
Men's Middle (75kg) SemifinalVijender Kumar (IND) l Emilio Correa Bayeaux (CUB) 5-8 Pts
Cuban boxer was leading 2-0 after first round
Cuban boxer was leading 4-3 after second round
Cuban boxer was leading 7-3 after third round
Cuban boxer won 8-5
Vijender lost against technically superior Cuban boxer in semis and contained with Bronze in this Olympics ... But he is aimed gold medal in 2012 London Olympics beating same opponent.
In this match Cuban boxer started with different strategy and decided to defend more ... But he scored whenever he got opportunity ... Today he used more straight punches than his favourite upper cuts ... Cuban boxer dominated bout taking lead from first round ... Third round was deciding where Cuban boxer guranteed his win.
But creditable performance by Vijender, who became first Indian boxer to win Olympics medal.
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Athletics -
Women's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1
7 India 3:28.83 mins (Geetha SATTI, Manjeet KAUR, Chithra SOMAN, Mandeep KAUR)
Disappointing run by our relay team, where only Geetha run her personal best.
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