The Boxing Federation of India has determined to exchange males’s head coach CA Kuttappa with Army Sports Institute’s Narendra Rana forward of this month’s World Championships, which can be set to mark the tip of High Performance Director Santiago Nieva’s tenure .
Former Asian Championship bronze medalist and four-time nationwide champion, the 49-year-old Rana has been a veteran coach of the Services Sports Control Board.
He has coached World Championship medalists Amit Panghal and Manish Kaushik at completely different phases of their careers.
He is employed on the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune, the place he’s credited with discovering stars comparable to M Suranjay Singh, Vikas Krishna, Shiv Thapa and L Devendro Singh.
Kuttappa confirmed the event to PTI.
“Yes, Mr. Rana will take over from me. I continue to be a part of the coaching staff though not as the head coach,” he mentioned.
Indian boxing continues to churn out developments after the efficiency of the Tokyo Olympics, which was termed as overwhelming by the nationwide federation. Already feminine excessive efficiency director Raphael Bergamasco has left after not getting an extension in her contract.
The head coach of the ladies’s crew, Mohammad Ali Qamar, can be doubtless to get replaced.
India had the most important boxing crew ever to compete on the Games in July–August – 5 males and 4 ladies, of whom solely Lovlina Borgohain may end on the rostrum with a bronze medal.
It was the nation’s first boxing medal on the Games in 9 years, however extra was to be anticipated because the boxers confirmed up main as much as the showpiece.
Kuttappa took over as the top coach for the boys in 2018. He is a Dronacharya awardee and has been a part of the assist employees throughout among the main milestones in Indian boxing, together with the 2008 Beijing Olympic bronze by Vijender Singh.
Niva was appointed in 2017 and has been given an extension to the World Championships to make sure continuity.
“On the whole, he will not continue after that,” a federation supply mentioned.
The mega-event will start from October 24 in Belgrade, Serbia and the Indian crew contains Asian medalists Deepak Kumar (51kg), Shiv Thapa (63.5kg) and Sanjeet (92kg).
With just some days left for the match, it’s nonetheless unclear when the nationwide camp will start earlier than the boxers depart on October 20.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
