{"id":4030,"date":"2019-07-24T09:51:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2019-07-24T09:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T09:51:19","slug":"shiva-thapa-became-indias-first-gold-medallist-at-the-presidents-cup-boxing-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/shiva-thapa-became-indias-first-gold-medallist-at-the-presidents-cup-boxing-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiva Thapa became India\u2019s first gold medallist at the President\u2019s Cup boxing tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shiva Thapa became India\u2019s first gold medallist at the President\u2019s Cup boxing tournament after getting a walkover in the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan. Making his international debut in the newly-introduced Olympic category of 63kg, Thapa was to fight Kazakhstan\u2019s Zakir Safiullin in the summit clash but his opponent had to pull out due to injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thapa had lost to Safiullin in the Asian Championship semifinal earlier this\nyear. Signing off with a silver medal was woman boxer Parveen (60kg) who lost\nher final bout to local hope Rimma Volosenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe new weight category has been easy to adapt. I have not faced too much\ndifficulty. Obviously there are challenges of facing boxers who are coming from\n64kg, given their power but nothing is impossible,\u201d Thapa, a 60kg category\nboxer before the rejigging of Olympic divisions, told PTI from Astana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thapa couldn\u2019t make the cut for the September world championships after losing\nin the trials to Commonwealth Games silver-winner Manish Kaushik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thapa had defeated Kyrgyzstan\u2019s Argon Kadiribekuulu 4-1 in the last-four\nstage bout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShiva had a great tournament, beating some really fancied opponents. It was\nan impressive performance,\u201d said India\u2019s High-Performance Director Santiago\nNieva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Sweety Boora (81kg) and Duryodhan Singh Negi (69kg) had ended their campaign with bronze medals following semifinal defeats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Shiva Thapa : <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0         Shiva Thapa is an Indian boxer from Guwahati, Assam, India. He is employed with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. He is supported by Olympic Gold Quest and Anglian Medal Hunt Company, Shiva Thapa participated in the 2012 London Olympics, and was the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiva Thapa became India\u2019s first gold medallist at the President\u2019s Cup boxing tournament after getting a walkover in the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan. Making his international debut in the newly-introduced Olympic category of 63kg, Thapa was to fight Kazakhstan\u2019s Zakir Safiullin in the summit clash but his opponent had to pull out due to injury. 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