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India's ace men's boxer in 69-kg weight category-Vikas Krishnan

With only 36 days to go for the beginning of India's Olympic quest at Tokyo Games, we put special focus on some of the promising Indian medal contenders.<br />'' <br />''Today we profile India's ace men's boxer in the 69-kg weight category, Vikas Krishnan.<br />'' <br />''Born on February 10, 1992, Vikas is a veteran fighter with more than a decade's experience at the highest level.<br />'' <br />''As a young person he discovered the limelight in 2010, successful Junior World Championships gold and a bronze at the Youth Olympics earlier than clinching a senior-stage gold at the Asian Games.<br />'' <br />''Hailing from Hisar town of Haryana, he added a bronze at the senior World Championships in 2011, and represented India at the Olympics for the first time in London in 2012.<br />'' <br />''Tokyo can be Vikas's third Summer Games, making him solely the second Indian male boxer to qualify for three Olympics after Vijender Singh.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Vikas can be trying to higher his 2016 Rio Games efficiency of reaching the quarter-ultimate and lastly clinch that elusive Olympic medal.</span><br />

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