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Jai Bhagwan, a two-time Asian Championships medallist and a bronze winner at the 2010 Commonwealth Games will be representing India in Boxing in the light weight during the 2012 London Olympics.
Bhagwan qualified for the London Games, by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku. He was coached by the Indian Boxing Coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu.
In 2011, he appeared in reality game show, hosted by Shahrukh Khan, Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout and one of the finalists. In his dominating performance, he thrashed Andrique Allisop of Seychelles 18—8 in the opening round to storm into the pre—quarterfinals of the lightweight category in the Olympics on 29 July 2012. On 2 August 2012, Jai Bhagwan lost to Kazakh fighter Gani Zhailauov at the London Olympics in the pre-quarterfinals of the men's 60 kg category.
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