The 26-year-old Olympic and World Championship bronze-medallist, who returned to the country today after bagging a London berth during the recently-concluded Asian Qualifiers in Kazakhstan, said he is relieved to have gotten rid of some pressure.
"The burden is off me, the confidence is back," a smiling Vijender told reporters at a felicitation function where team sponsors, Monnet Group handed out cash prizes to the boxers, who have qualified for the London Games from the Kazakhstan event.
Vijender sealed his Olympic berth with a bronze medal in the Asian Qualifiers.
Asked if booking a London ticket lulled him into complacency as he went on to lose in the semifinals, the former world number one retorted, "Look, my target was to qualify for the Olympics but I gave my 100 per cent in all my bouts.
"I don't think my performance was bad in any of my bouts. I have beaten the guy who was the eventual gold-medallist. It wasn't my day so I lost, nothing more to it," he said. (MORE) PTI PM CM
