{"id":8256,"date":"2012-07-07T04:04:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T04:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8256"},"modified":"2012-07-07T04:04:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T04:04:31","slug":"vijender-all-set-for-london-olympics-aims-for-another-olympic-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8256","title":{"rendered":"Vijender all set for London Olympics, aims for another Olympic medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He rose from anonymity with a bronze in Beijing that was as good as gold for Indian boxing but set for an unprecedented third Olympic appearance, Vijender Singh wants to remain oblivious \u2014 at least to the pressure that comes with being one of the country\u2019s biggest stars at the greatest sporting show on earth, says a report in <strong>The DNA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, incidentally also the nation\u2019s first medallist at the World Championships (a bronze in the 2009 Milan edition), is a former world No 1 and is unarguably the brightest name in a seven-strong Indian boxing contingent for the London Olympics. He is well aware of the expectations from him but Vijender (75kg) would rather not think about those. \u201cI can understand there are expectations but I cannot keep thinking about them. My job is to focus on training and leave the rest to God. I prefer to shut my mind to everything else ahead of major competitions,\u201d the Haryana lad said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile <strong>The Times Of India <\/strong>report says, Vijender has earned his Olympic berth the hard way, failing in his first two attempts before finally making the cut in the third and last chance &#8212; the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in April. <\/p>\n<p>But he prefers to pick the positives from the process instead of harping on the agonising wait he endured.\u00a0 &#8220;It was all a part of the learning process. It made me tougher as a competitor. Yes, there have been low points but that&#8217;s part and parcel of being an international athlete. You can&#8217;t escape such phases. I am just glad that I came through,&#8221; said the strapping six-footer. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now the aim is another Olympic medal because that is what I will be remembered for. Being a three-time Olympian is fine but it would be better with a two-time medallist tag along with it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He rose from anonymity with a bronze in Beijing that was as good as gold for Indian boxing but set for an unprecedented third Olympic appearance, Vijender Singh wants to remain oblivious \u2014 at least to the pressure that comes with being one of the country\u2019s biggest stars at the greatest sporting show on earth, [&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":[52],"tags":[280,822],"class_list":["post-8256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-from-the-newspapers","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>Vijender all set for London Olympics, aims for another Olympic medal - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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