The Indian males’s boxing staff of Asian medalists Deepak Kumar (51kg), Shiv Thapa (63.5kg), Sanjeet (92kg) left for Belgrade on Wednesday to take part within the World Championships starting October 24. Removing the frustration of an amazing Olympic marketing campaign.
The trio kinds an skilled core of the 13-strong squad, made up of this 12 months’s nationwide champions.
Of these, Thapa is the one participant who has prior expertise of competing in world occasions, having gained a bronze medal within the 2015 version.
The boxers are accompanied by a restructured help employees led by High Performance Director Santiago Nieva and newly appointed head coach Narendra Rana, with assistant coaches together with former Commonwealth Games silver medalist L Devendro Singh.
This can be Niva’s final task with the Indian staff after the Indian Boxing Federation of India determined in opposition to giving him a long-term extension on the finish of the Tokyo Olympics, the place no male boxer may make it previous the preliminary rounds.
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Take a sneak peek at our male boxers’ coaching periods as they prepare for #mensworldchampionship2021 which begins from 24 October in Belgrade, Serbia#PunchMeinHaiDum#boxing pic.twitter.com/MhBno1K8zD
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) 18 October 2021
The World Championships would be the first worldwide aggressive occasion for boxers for the reason that Tokyo Games. Preparation for this has been removed from perfect because the boxers had solely 10 days to observe at a camp after the nationwide championships.
Five male niggles who competed in Tokyo, together with final World Championships silver medalist Amit Panghal (51kg) and “lack of preparation time” couldn’t make it to the squad besides on the nationwide championships.
Panghal created historical past together with his silver on the planet occasion in 2019 as he was the primary Indian to attain the feat.
The showpieces in Belgrade can be competed in new weight courses, introduced by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) earlier this 12 months.
Revised weight division for males, after growing from 10 to 13, 48 kg, 51 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg, 60 kg, 63.5 kg, 67 kg, 71 kg, 75 kg, 80 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg And there are +92 kg.
More than 600 boxers from 105 international locations are slated to compete within the event, the place gold winners will take part with prize cash of USD 100,000.
USD 50,000 is to be given to the silver medalists, and USD 25,000 can be awarded to each the bronze medalists.
“We have a really good team. And I believe we are all going to do well. This is my third World Championships and it will be a memorable one if I win a medal.”
It will function AIBA world champions, together with Andy Cruz Gomez, Roniel Iglesias, Arlene López, Julio La Cruz, in addition to Lazaro lvarez from Cuba.
AIBA has determined to introduce commemorative belts and white gloves as a substitute of the standard crimson and blue colours throughout the event, a transfer that marks a “new beginning” within the contentious sport.
A contemporary begin can be important within the backdrop of damaging revelations from an unbiased investigation into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Indian staff:
Govind Sahani (48kg), Deepak Kumar (51kg), Akash (54kg), Rohit Mor (57kg), Varinder Singh (60kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Akash (67kg), Nishant Dev (71kg), Sumit (75kg) ), Sachin Kumar (80kg), Lakshya (86kg), Sanjeet (92kg) and Narender (+92kg).
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
