{"id":7964,"date":"2012-06-28T15:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T15:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7964"},"modified":"2012-06-28T15:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T15:09:56","slug":"i-want-to-be-remembered-as-the-boxer-who-won-medals-for-india-in-olympics-vijender-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7964","title":{"rendered":"I want to be remembered as the boxer who won medals for India in Olympics: Vijender Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Patiala: <\/strong>Four years ago, Vijender Singh Beniwal did what no other Indian boxer had done before. A bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics \u2013 the very first by an Indian boxer \u2013 brought India to the boxing map of the world. And that was the beginning! There was more to come as the pugilist from Kaluwash village in Bhiwani District brought another glory by becoming the first Indian to win a bronze at the 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championship in Milan. Though there was disappointment for Vijender at the Commonwealth Games, he came with a bang to win the yellow metal at Asian Games and now the champion is ready to lead the Indian attack in London Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling his triumph in Beijing Vijender said that 2006 was a special year and that he was growing as a young boxer. \u201cI was full of aggression and energy, never caring to see who the opponent was, just getting into the ring and boxing. But yes those medal and achievements were instrumental in my development as a boxer. I was more confident and a mature athlete after those tournamenst. The Asian Games in particular, the loss against 2004 Athens Games gold medallist, Kazakhstan&#8217;s Bakhtiyar Artayev (24:29) was a big inspiration for me. It was a great bout, although I lost, but it was with a small margin. I was really appreciated for the kind of fight that I put up against a top class boxer. It was a big morale boost and I was happy with my performance,\u201d said Vijender, adding that winning the bronze in Beijing Olympics was the turning point in his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a big change, for me, the sport and the people\u2019s outlook towards the sport. It was the first medal in boxing and we really needed something of that sort for the sport. Even my fellow boxers approach changed, everyone started to believe and I think belief makes all the difference. The journey is still going on and with God\u2019s grace will have a few more medals to show for,\u201d said Vijender, adding that he was happy with his preparations for the London Games so far. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are training hard for the London Games focusing on various aspects of the game, which include endurance and speed training; it involves a lot of running and sprinting among other things. Plus we do weight training, shadow boxing and sparring as well. We are heading for a preparatory training camp in Ireland and later have plans to train in London before the Olympics,\u201d added the champion. <\/p>\n<p>Confident of a good performance in the mega event, Vijender said, \u201cI will try to do something different again.\u00a0 I can tell this much that I will give my very best and the rest is up to God. It obviously feels good to represent the country in three Olympics but I just don\u2019t want to be tagged as the one who played three Olympics, but as the one who got medals in two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patiala: Four years ago, Vijender Singh Beniwal did what no other Indian boxer had done before. A bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics \u2013 the very first by an Indian boxer \u2013 brought India to the boxing map of the world. And that was the beginning! There was more to come as the pugilist from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[1236,792,280,822],"class_list":["post-7964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories","tag-asian-games","tag-beijing-olympics","tag-london-olympics","tag-vijender-singh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I want to be remembered as the boxer who won medals for India in Olympics: Vijender Singh - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7964\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I want to be remembered as the boxer who won medals for India in Olympics: Vijender Singh - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patiala: Four years ago, Vijender Singh Beniwal did what no other Indian boxer had done before. 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