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Rio: Vikas ousted, boxers sign off without medal at Olympics

Former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) took a pounding from second seed Bektemir Melikuziev in the quarterfinals to bow out of the Olympic Games here, ending India’s boxing challenge without a medal for the first time in eight years. With Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) already out of contention, Vikas’ loss on …

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August 15, 2016