Aiba Olympic Qualifiers News

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AIBA Olympic Qualifiers | Devendro Singh fails to qualify for Rio

Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh’s hopes of making it to Rio Olympics ended on Friday after he lost his semi-final bout to Samuel Heredia 0-3 at Baku, Azerbaijan. Earlier, Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan had qualified for the Olympics from the AIBA World Qualifying Tournament.

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AIBA Olympic Qualifiers | Vikas Krishan and Manoj Kumar qualify for Olympics

Indian pugilists Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics on Thursday after entering the semi-finals of the AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku in the 64kg and 75kg category respectively. Both Manoj and Vikas are now assured of a medal in the tournament.

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AIBA Olympic Qualifiers | Devendro Singh and Vikas Krishan close in on Rio berth

After Manoj Kumar and Sumit Sangwan reached the quarters of the AIBA World Qualifying Tournament, Devendro Singh booked his place in the semis of the 49kg category, and Vikas Krishan (75kg category) reached the quarters on Tuesday in Azerbaijan. Devendro is now assured of a medal in this tournament.

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AIBA Olympic Qualifiers | Manoj Kumar and Sumit Sangwan one win away from Rio

Manoj Kumar beat Ismetov Ayrin Smetov in the last-16 round of the AIBA World Qualifying Tournament on Tuesday to put himself one win away from qualifying for Rio 2016. Sumit Sangwan too won his bout to reach the quarter-finals of the event to come within touching distance of an Olympic berth.

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AIBA Olympic Qualifiers | Sumit Sangwan enters last-16