Tokyo Olympians set to skip National Boxing Championships
Other Sports | September 07, 2021 17:38 ISTNo show at Boxing nationals will also rule them out of contention for next month's world championships in Serbia as well.
No show at Boxing nationals will also rule them out of contention for next month's world championships in Serbia as well.
Boxers will compete in head guards during the men's National Championship -- scheduled to start on September 15 -- and the gold-medallists will qualify for the World Championships.
An unprecedented nine Indian boxers would be vying for medals at the showpiece, where none could secure a podium finish in the 2016 edition.
The nine boxers and the support staff landed in the Japanese capital this morning and cleared the COVID-19 related health safety protocols to enter the Games village smoothly following expected procedural delays.
Nine Indian boxers have qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and they will be accompanied by an 8-member support staff.
India's nine Olympic-bound boxers will travel abroad for a three-week training stint ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
The boxer won his first professional bout against Ramos in a four round unanimous decision in the super welterweight category on Saturday.
Olympic-bound Ashish Kumar (75kg) tested positive for the virus and as a result of being his roommates, Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) were forced to withdraw from the finals.
Deepak, an Asian silver-winner, was up against Bulgaria's Daniel Asenov, a two-time European championships gold-medallist.
Panghal would be up against Frenchman Billal Bennama, a bronze-medallist from the world championship where the Indian won a silver, in his semifinal bout later on Thursday.
The decision to include them in the scheme was taken at the 50th Mission Olympic Cell meeting held on November 26.
Mary Kom is currently recovering from a bout of dengue and has ruled out travelling abroad at least this year due to the COVID-19 threat. The Europe assignment starts on October 15.
Goyat prevailed in just two rounds of what was to be a six-round contest as his rival's corner "threw in the towel in the second round".
A total of 13 boxers and almost an equal number of coaching staff arrive back on Thursday after clinching an unprecedented nine Olympic slots in the qualifiers which concluded on Wednesday in Amman.
India's brilliant performance at the Asian Qualifiers also propelled them to the top position, where they are tied with Kazakhstan among 10 nations.
Manish Kaushik defeated the Commonwealth Games champion and second seed Garside 4-1 to book his maiden ticket to the quadrennial showpiece.
Rani, Krishan (69kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) became the first set of Indian boxers to qualify for the showpiece scheduled in July-August this year.
The 26-year-old, already a two-time Olympian, out-punched national medallist Duryodhan Singh Negi in a unanimous decision in the trial finals.
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