Boxer Deepak wins silver, Balaji claims bronze in Military World Games

Indian pugilist Deepak won silver while tennis player N Sriram Balaji claimed a bronze medal in ir respective events at ongoing seventh Military World Games on Saturday. Deepak had to settle for silver in men's light fly weight (46-49kg) category  after losing 0-5 to gold medallist Zhussupov Temirtas of Kazakhstan in final. Balaji n added to India's tally by outclassing Uzbekistan's Fomin Sergey 6-2 6-3 in men's singles bronze medal contest that lasted one hour 19 minutes.

However, re was luck for middle distance runner Jinson Johnson as he finished fifth in men's 1500m final with a timing of 3:49.34s. gold, silver and bronze in this event went to Poland's Rozmys Michal (3:46.33s), Morocco's Ouladha Hicham (3:46.44s) and Lewandowski Marcin of Poland (3:46.61s) respectively. India also missed a medal in men's 4x400m final after quartet of 

Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakk, Santosh Kumar Tamilarasan, Jabir Madari Palliyalil and  Muhammed Anas Yahiya finished fourth with a timing of 3:06.81s