Asian Games 2018: Vikas Krishan wins 3rd consecutive Asiad medal despite withdrawing from semi-final due to injury

Jakarta: Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) won a bronze medal in the Asian Games after he was declared medically unfit to fight his semi-final bout due to a cut on his left eyelid sustained earlier in the event. [caption id=“attachment_5057271” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Vikas Krishan. AFP[/caption] The 26-year-old was to take on Kazakhstan’s Amankul Abilkhan in his last-four clash this evening but has been forced out due to the injury, a source in the Indian contingent told PTI. He has, however, managed to script history by becoming the first Indian boxer to clinch three successive Asian Games medals. Vikas won a lightweight 60kg category gold in Guangzhou 2010, before winning a middle-weight bronze in the 2014 edition in Incheon. He sustained the cut during his pre-quarterfinal bout and the injury aggravated during his quarterfinal clash against China’s Tuoheta Erbieke Tanglatihan. The former world championships bronze-medallist overcame the bleeding to assure himself a medal but was declared medically unfit for the semi-finals by the team doctors. Click here to view the medals tally of the 2018 Asian Games Click here to view the full schedule of the 2018 Asian Games Click here to view the results at the 2018 Asian Games