Boxing camp to resume Monday; SAI allows back quarantine violators by calling breach unintentional
Other Sports | July 24, 2020 21:15 ISTThe boxers are set to resume their training on Monday after the end of their self-isolation period.
The boxers are set to resume their training on Monday after the end of their self-isolation period.
Amit Panghal and Vikas Krishan have been nominated by the Boxing Federation of India for the country's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Panghal said that she was fine with attending the camp if necessary precautions are taken.
Panghal believes that while stadiums have been opened up, it will take longer for those in contact sports like boxing to get back to full training.
Indian boxer Amit Panghal talked about the farmers' plight and also took to Twitter to raise the issue.
Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Simranjit Kaur (60kg) advanced to the finals with impressive victories but the legendary MC Mary Kom (51kg) and world number one Amit Panghal (52kg) settled for bronze.
The 28-year-old Indian will face feisty Jordanian Eishaih Hussein, who sent Asian gold-medallist and top seed Bobo-Usmon Baturov packing in a split decision.
Amit Panghal, who is the reigning Asian Games and Asian Championships gold-medallist, prevailed in a 1-4 split verdict against Paalam.
Mary Kom and Amit Panghal won their Asian Olympic Qualifiers matches to reach the quarterfinals.
Six-time world champion Mary has been seeded second in her category and she will face New Zealand's Tasmyn Benny in the first round.Panghal is upbeat to avenge his defeat in his last meeting with Kharkuu and get his campaign off to a flying start.
Panghal, who won the historic silver medal at the World Championships in the 52-kg weight category, is at the top spot with 420 points, according to the list released by the IOC's Boxing Task Force.
Amit Panghal holds the numero uno position with 420 points, according to the list released by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Boxing Task Force.
In the world championship for men, Panghal gave India a watershed moment by making the finals after Manish Kaushik (63kg) fetched the bronze, which had earlier been also achieved, in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015.
While Panghal was handed a cash award of Rs 14 lakh for his silver medal-winning effort in 52kg category, Kaushik received Rs 8 lakh for winning the bronze in the 63kg.
Panghal (52kg) became the first Indian male boxer to claim a silver medal at the World Championships, while Kaushik (63kg) returned with a bronze at the event which concluded in Ekaterinburg, Russia on Saturday.
India won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Championships, and high-performance director Santiago Nieva believes that the Indian boxers are closing in on the traditional powerhouses.
Amit Panghal, who bagged a silver medal at the World Boxing Championships, has said that he would be grateful if his formative coach, Anil Dhankar is considered for the Dronacharya Award.
With Panghal winning silver and Manish Kaushik winning bronze on Friday in the lightweight division, this has been India's best performance at the men's boxing World Championships thus far.
The pint-sized dynamo from Rohtak became the first Indian male boxer to claim a silver medal at the World Championships, which concluded in Ekaterinburg, Russia on Saturday.
Amit Panghal lost to reigning Olympic champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in the 52kg category final to settle for silver.
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