On April 12 Teen boxers Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan struck gold  to round off a brilliant performance by India in the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan where the country bagged three London tickets to make it an unprecedented seven-strong contingent for the quadrennial extravaganza.

The 18-year-old Shiva (56kg), who is the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics, defeated Syria’s Wessam Salamana 18-11 to clinch his second successive senior international gold medal.

The 19-year-old Sumit (81kg) beat Tajikistan’s Dzhakon Qurbanov 14-9 to bag his maiden senior international gold in his debut event.

Besides these two, Vijender Singh (75kg) has also booked a London berth.

Four Indian boxers — L. Devendro Singh (49kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Vikas Krishan (69kg) — had already booked their Olympic berths in last year’s World Championship.