New Delhi, Feb. 2: Olympic hero Vijender Singh broke the bronze jinx and fetched one of India’s two silver medals at the two-day Champion of Champions invitational boxing tournament in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old Olympic and World Championship bronze medallist, who was bestowed the Khel Ratna award last year, lost 0-6 to China’s Zhang Jin Ting in the middleweight (75kg) category final.
The other silver medal for India came through Olympian Dinesh Kumar, who settled for silver in the 81kg category after losing 2-10 to Chinese Meng Fan Long.
This was Vijender’s second career loss to Zhang. The last time he had a top-two finish at an international tourney was in the 2007 Asian Championships in Mongolia where he had bagged a silver medal.
"I am a bit disappointed that I lost to him again. I lost to him in China last but it was a much closer affair as I had lost by just a point at that time," said Vijender who also got $1,000 as prize money. — PTI