Indian boxing’s teaching employees might be “completely replaced” within the subsequent three months, relying on how the world championships go, a nationwide federation supply instructed PTI, revealing that There is “dissatisfaction” with the efficiency of the Tokyo Olympics.
It is reliably realized that the 2 excessive efficiency administrators Santiago Nieva (for males) and Raphael Bergamasco (for girls) in addition to nationwide head coaches CA Kuttappa (males) and Mohamed Ali Qamar (ladies) had been intense at this level. are below investigation.
India had the biggest 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 had been to be anticipated given the boxing high efficiency.
“No one (within the federation) is pleased with the Olympic efficiency. So, as promised, a assessment is on and it is going to be a prolonged course of, which is able to take a couple of months. Until the 2 World Championships are over, nothing is altering.
“Who knows, there may be a complete turnaround after that, but we will have to wait for two-three months and see if the coaching staff is ready to improve.”
The males’s world championships will probably be held in Serbia from 26 October, whereas the ladies’s competitors is to be held in December.
The Boxing Federation of India has given a three-month extension to Nieva and Bergamasco to make sure continuity for the 2 main occasions the place the nationwide champions will signify the nation. His contracts had been initially purported to expire after the Tokyo Games.
The males’s nationwide competitors will start on Wednesday in Bellary, Karnataka, whereas the ladies’s occasion will happen in mid-October.
The developments are according to BFI President Ajay Singh’s declare throughout the Games, when he denied any response, however nonetheless promised a assessment.
No male boxer may make it to the medal spherical with Satish Kumar (+91kg), who entered the quarterfinals in Tokyo, incomes reward for preventing a last-eight bout with 13 stitches to his face.
“A lot will depend on the World Championships, let’s see how they go,” mentioned the supply.
However, the BFI has began assembly some potential candidates and Singh is a unprecedented title within the viewers with BI Fernandez of Cuba, who coached the boys’s crew for over a decade and was the primary overseas recipient of the Dronacharya Award in 2012. Become.
Fernandez, together with now-retired Gurbax Singh Sandhu, was on the helm of males’s boxing when India received its first Olympic medal within the sport in 2008.
“I have discussed with BFI for the role of women’s team and they have asked me to submit my action plan. I will do that in the next few weeks,” the 66-year-old, who’s a coach at Mohali’s Punjab Sports University, instructed PTI.
A BFI supply confirmed the event.
“He was brought here by some of our boxers and he was asked to present his point of view, but this is all a part of the review which is going on. It will take some time for anything to happen,” he mentioned.
Sweden-based Niva and Italian Bergamasco have each expressed their want to remain previously, however have additionally acknowledged the stress they’re below.
The 47-year-old Niva is a member of the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) coach committee and the Asian Boxing Confederation’s (ASBC) coach committee vice-chairman.
Kuttappa, who has been part of the nationwide camp for a very long time, took over as the boys’s head coach in 2018, whereas Ali Qamar got here on board a 12 months later.
The BFI president, whereas supporting the boxers in addition to the teaching employees in Tokyo, mentioned that he wouldn’t ignore the distinctive outcomes of the previous 4 years, which included two medals for the primary time within the males’s world championships and by no means earlier than seen . within the Asian and Commonwealth Games.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
