Another heart breaking loss for India

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Sydney: India came within seconds of a first Olympic boxing medal on Wednesday before it slipped tantalisingly out of their grasp.

Light-heavyweight Gurcharan Singh traded blows with Ukrainian Andri Fedtchouk for the full four rounds of their quarter-final, drawing 4-4 after the second round and 7-7 after the third.

They were level 9-9 with a minute remaining and Singh managed to land a punch for an 11-10 advantage with just 14 seconds remaining. It still proved too much time for Singh to hang on and secure a certain medal as a semi-finalist.

The Ukrainian equalised six seconds from the bell and a sudden flurry left the final score at 12-12. Fedtchouk won the tiebreak 60-42. "It was most disappointing to our camp, a great disappointment," said team manager Rajesh Bhandari.

"He could not make it. Our boxer fought very well but the other boy was also good. It was an equal bout."

(c) Reuters Limited.

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:49 [IST]

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Another heart breaking loss for India