Indian boxers created historical past on Wednesday as three of them, Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Hussamuddin (57kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) progressed into the semifinals, assuring the nation of a medal every, within the ongoing IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

It was the primary time that India had assured three medals on the prestigious occasions.

While the boxers proceed their quest for gold, we recap to 2009 when Vijender Singh grew to become the primary Indian to medal on the males’s boxing world championships.

When did Vijender win India’s first medal?

At the 2008 Beijing Games, Vijender had scripted historical past by turning into the primary boxer to win a medal on the Olympics. A semi-final end on the Olympics had seen him clinch a bronze.

The boxer from Bhiwani recorded one other first a yr later when he gained India’s first medal on the males’s boxing World Championship in Milan.

The middleweight boxer went down 3-7 to Uzbekistan’s Abbos Atoev, who was the eventual champion, within the semi-finals to accept a bronze.

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Whom did Vijender beat en route the bronze end?

The Indian started his marketing campaign with the spherical of 32. In the opening bout, he defeated Azamat Belgibayev of Kazakhstan 14-8.

Vijender then eked out a 4-2 win over Canadian boxer Steve Rolls and scored a surprising 12-4 win over Ukraine’s Sergiy Derevyancheko within the quarterfinals to guarantee India of a medal.

What did Vijender say of his world championship efficiency?

“The result is definitely disappointing for me, but I am happy to become the first Indian to win a medal,” the Indian stated. “My opponent was very good and he was a deserving winner.”

In September that yr, Vijender was top-ranked middleweight boxer on this planet. He grew to become the primary Indian to rise to No 1 in boxing rankings, which had been issued by the then world boxing governing physique AIBA.

How many medals have India gained within the historical past of the Boxing World Championships?

India have gained 10 medals to this point on the World Championships. Amit Phangal stays the one boxer to win silver and the remainder have gained bronze. 

However, Deepak Bhori, Hussamuddin and Nishant Dev can take a step additional and nonetheless create historical past.