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Against whom did Vijender Singh claim a quarter-final win that ensured India’s historic first Olympic boxing medal?

  1. ACarlos GóngoraCorrect answer
  2. BEmilio Correa
  3. CVasyl Lomachenko
  4. DMisha Aloyan
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A. Carlos Góngora

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Carlos Góngora. Vijender Singh secured India’s first Olympic boxing medal by defeating Carlos Góngora in the quarter-final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which guaranteed him a bronze medal.

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