What a day and night it turned out to be for India! History was created twice over on a single day —Wrestler Sushil Kumar and pugilist Vijender Kumar did India proud on Wednesday.
Sushil Kumar,25 year old,Delhi boy became only the second wrestler to win an Olympic medal, after Khashba Dadasaheb Jhadav’s bronze at Helsinki in 1952. It has taken 56 years for an Indian wrestler to beak the jinx and Vijender’s( Bhiwani boy ) assuring himself of at least a bronze to give the country a record three medals for the first time ever.
India had won two Olympic medals in the 1952 Helsinki Games when the hockey team had won the gold medal and wrestler K D Jadhav had won a bronze medal, a record which had stood for 56 long years.
Another medal contender pugilist Jitender Kumar losing his quarter-final bout despite a valiant effort in the ring.Jitender faltered when it mattered the most and missed the Olympic medal by a whisker, losing his quarterfinal bout in the 51 kg event.Jitender, who entered the ring with 10 stitches on his chin necessitated by a cut he had received in his previous match, threw everything at his experienced Russian rival Georgy Balakshin but the European champion maintained his superiority throughout.
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