Next month’s Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul was on Wednesday postponed till March 2022 by the game’s governing physique AIBA, saying the “currently the COVID-19 situation is very difficult” and that the occasion will Can’t afford to go forward.
As reported by PTI on Tuesday, the postponement of the occasion was sealed in the course of the current males’s world championships in Belgrade, the place a number of international locations determined to journey to Turkey amid a surge in COVID instances. apprehensions have been expressed about
“As such, the AIBA Board of Directors, in agreement with the Turkish National Federation, has decided to postpone the Women’s World Championships to March 2022,” AIBA President Omar Kremlev stated in a letter to the nationwide federation.
“…the response received is that many national federations are facing difficult conditions and sanctions within their countries. Sadly, the current COVID situation is very difficult,” he defined.
The match was deliberate from 4 to 18 December in Istanbul. Turkey is frequently reporting greater than 25,000 instances.
On Monday, 187 folks additionally died within the nation as a result of lethal an infection that has been wreaking havoc globally for the final two years. The enhance in instances has been attributed to the delta model of the virus.
“We know that some teams have started preparing for this event and they will be disappointed,” Kremlev stated.
“However, please understand that the safety and well-being of our athletes, officials and other stakeholders is a priority, and therefore we cannot afford to take this event forward,” he stated.
Europe, basically, is seeing a rise in COVID instances.
India was to be represented by the defending nationwide champions in all weight classes besides the 70kg class by which Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain has been given direct choice.
His direct choice has been opposed by nationwide gold winner and world youth champion Arundhati Choudhary, who has taken the matter to the Delhi High Court. The High Court has issued a discover to the Boxing Federation of India on this matter.
But with the postponement of the mega-event, testing can happen throughout all load lessons, contemplating the time lag.
For the primary time ever, AIBA introduced USD 2.4 million prize cash for medal winners in 12 weight classes.
The prize for first place has been stored at USD 100,000. The silver medalists will get USD 50,000 and each the bronze winners in every weight class will get USD 25,000 extra.
The world physique additionally introduced that the AIBA Extraordinary Congress could be held in the course of the championship, and introduced main reforms to the organisation.
In July, AIBA elevated the burden class for girls from 10 to 12.
The new divisions are 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 81kg and +81kg.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
