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Boxing: Suranjoy bags lone gold

Source: PTI
May 17, 2009 22:36 IST
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Suranjoy Singh clinched the lone gold as Indian boxers rounded off their campaign at the European Grand Prix event in Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic with four medals.

Suranjoy bagged the flyweight gold after beating Armenia's H Danielyan 4-1 on Saturday night.

Earlier, Beijing Olympic Games bronze medallist Vijender Singh (75kg) had to be content with a bronze after losing in the semi-finals along with Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Jai Bhagwan (60kg).

The tournament was the first event in which Vijender competed since the Beijing triumph.

India had sent a six-member team for theBoxing: Suranjoy bags lone gold event, which is into its 40th edition this year.

P Narjeet Singh (54kg), Olympian A L Lakra (57kg) will return without medals after losing in the first round itself.

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