August 11, 2016 07:55 am | Updated 07:55 am IST - Rio de Janeiro
India's Manoj Kumar clebrates winning against Lithuania's Evaldas Petrauskas during the Men's Light Welter (64kg) match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Riocentro - Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
Indian boxer Manoj Kumar defeated Evaldas Petrauskas of Lituiania by a split decision in the Round of 32 of the men’s Light Welterweight (64kg) category at the Riocentrio Pavilion here.
Up against the bronze medalist of the 2012 London Olympics, Manoj dominated all three rounds to carve out a 29-28, 29—28, 28-29 verdict and advance to the pre-quarterfinals.
The Indian will next meet Fazluddin Gaiznazarov of Uzbekistan in the Round of 16.
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.
