CISM World Military Games: Indian boxer Deepak enters men's light flyweight finals

Indian boxer Deepak entered the men’s light flyweight finals of the Seventh CISM World Military Games in Wuhan, China beating Azerbaijan's Alizada Salman. He will face Kazakhstan’s Zhussupov Temirtas in the 49kg final today.

Indian sprinter Jinson Johnson qualified for the men’s 1,500m final with a timing of 3:56.17 in heat 2 of the preliminary round.

Earlier in the day, the Indian quartet of Jithu Baby, Harsh Kumar, Jabir Madari Palliyalil and Kunju Muhammed Puthanpurakk



made it to the men’s 4x400m relay final after clocking 3:13.17 in the preliminary round.

Olympian K. T. Irfan missed out on a bronze medal after finishing fourth in the 20km race walk event. 

In the men’s bantamweight, Chirag (56kg) lost 1-4 to Mongolia’s Kharkhuu Enkh Amar in the semifinals.

In tennis, Sriram Balaji lost 3-6, 4-6 to China’s Zhang Zhi Zhen in the men’s singles semifinals.