Ekaterinburg: Indian rising wrestling star Amit Panghal on Saturday had to settle for a silver medal in the World Boxing Championships after he lost to Uzbekistan's Shakhobidin Zoirov in the final.
He is now the first Indian to win a silver medal in the World Boxing Championships.
Zoirov defeated Pangal in the summit clash 5-0 in the 52-kg weight category.
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Silver for AMIT!🥈
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A historic outing for 🇮🇳as the #AIBAWorldBoxingChampionships campaign comes to an end with a Silver and a Bronze Medal. First time ever, India will come home with two medals and a Silver for the first time won by #AmitPanghal.
Kudos Champs!
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— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) September 21, 2019
A historic outing for 🇮🇳as the #AIBAWorldBoxingChampionships campaign comes to an end with a Silver and a Bronze Medal. First time ever, India will come home with two medals and a Silver for the first time won by #AmitPanghal.
Kudos Champs!
#PunchMeinHaiDum pic.twitter.com/PXcdUrp88GSilver for AMIT!🥈
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) September 21, 2019
A historic outing for 🇮🇳as the #AIBAWorldBoxingChampionships campaign comes to an end with a Silver and a Bronze Medal. First time ever, India will come home with two medals and a Silver for the first time won by #AmitPanghal.
Kudos Champs!
#PunchMeinHaiDum pic.twitter.com/PXcdUrp88G
Panghal on Friday had become the first Indian boxer to enter the finals of the championships. He defeated Saken Bibossinov 3-2 in the semi-finals in the 52-kg weight category.
Earlier on Friday, Manish Kaushik had to settle for the bronze medal as he lost 0-5 in the semi-final clash against reigning world champion Andy Cruz Gomez of Cuba.
With this, Kaushik joined Vijender Singh (2009), Vikas Krishan (2011), Shiva Thapa (2015) and Gaurav Bidhuri (2017), to win the World Championships bronze for India.
