Akhil Kumar: Won his bout against Ali Hallab of France 12-5 to enter the round of 16 in the bantamweight (54kg) category.
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In the pre-quarters, Akhil shocked World champion Sergey Vodopoyanov on points to score the biggest upset of the competition.
But his hopes of an Olympic medal lay shattered as he was out-pointed by unheralded Veaceslav Gojan of Moldova 3-10 in the quarter-finals.
Jitender Kumar: The Asian Championship bronze medallist pummeled his Turkish opponent Ulas Furkan Memis for a 12-3 verdict in less than three rounds to storm into the flyweight (51 kg) pre-quarter-finals, where he defeated Uzbek rival Tulashboy Doniyorov 13-6. However, Jitender lost 11-15 to Russian pugilist Georgy Balakshin in the last eight.
A L Lakra: Crashed out of the boxing competition after losing 5-9 to Athens Games bronze medallist Bahodirjon Sultanov in the opening round of the featherweight category.
Dinesh Kumar: His campaign in 81kg ended in the first round when he was knocked out by Abdelhafid Benchabla of Algeria.
China weeps for broken track dream
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