Boxer Shiva Thapa qualifies for Rio Olympics
Shiva Thapa has become the first Indian boxer to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He defeated Kazakhstan's Kairat Yeraliyev 3-0 in the semi-finals of the AIBA Asian and Oceanic Olympic qualifiers in Qian’an, China. Thapa is the youngest Indian boxer to have reached the Olympics, aged 18, at London 2012.