Bombayla in quarters, Vikas wins

Rio de Janeiro, August 10 

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Vikas Krishan (75kg) gave a perfect start to India’s boxing campaign in the Olympics as he outwitted American greenhorn Charles Conwell to enter the pre-quarterfinals here.

The 24-year-old Vikas defeated the debutant 3-0.

The 18-year-old Conwell, who walked in to hostile boos from the local crowd, struggled to launch an attack on the Indian in the opening round. Vikas, on the other hand, used his right straights and uppercuts to good effect in the first three minutes.

Vikas dropped his guard quite early in the bout but Conwell’s attempts at capitalising on it did not quite work out as he landed into a well-laid trap by the counter-attacking Indian.

“I did not want a repeat of what happened four years back. I had my strategies clear — to beat him in the first two rounds,” Vikas said.

Bombayla beats Lin

Experienced Indian archer Laishram Bombayla Devi advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s individual recurve competition after defeating Chinese Taipei’s Lin Shih-Chia.

Playing in her third Olympics, the 31-year-old from Manipur, who finished 24th in the ranking round, dished out a dominating show to get the better of Lin 6-2, in the 1/16 elimination.

Earlier in the 1/32 elimination round, the Indian beat Austria’s Laurence Baldauff 6-2. Bombayla, who had lost  in the second round in teh London Games, outclassed Lin 27-24, 27-24, 26-27, 28-26 to reach the last 8. — PTI