Amit grabs historic gold medal for India, defeated Olympic champion in boxing
Saturday - September 1, 2018 1:17 pm ,
Category : INDIA
At the Asian Games today, Indian athletes will compete for 44 gold medals in 19 games
India's Amit Panghal has won gold medal in 49 kg weight category of boxing on Saturday. In the final, he defeated Dusmtov Hassanboy of Uzbekistan 3-2. India has got gold medal for the first time since 2010 in Men's Boxing. In 2010, Vijender Singh won the weight of 75 kg. Amit is the only Indian boxer to reach the finals of the Asiad. With this medal, India's name now has 66 medals, including 14 gold.
Amit beat Philippine Carlo Palam 3-2 in the semi-finals Earlier, Vikas Krishnan was declared an unfit due to injury on the eye, so that he could not get 75 kg men in the semi-finals and he had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.
India will face Pakistan in the match for bronze medal by playing the men's final. The Indian team had been champion in the last Asian Games, so this time they would like to return home with the bronze medal. In squash, the Indian women team has made it to the final. India has so far won 65 medals, including 13 gold in this Asian Games. There is one medal in squash and boxing. In the first Asian Games held in 1951, India had won 51 medals, including 15 gold. In such a situation, if India wins gold in squash and boxing, it will also equalize its best performance in terms of winning gold medal.
