Nishant Dev secured a 5-0 win in quarterfinals of the World Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament 2024 in Bangkok to confirm his qualification for the Paris Games but Ankushita Boro and Narender Berwal failed to impress.
As per the Boxing Federation of India's (BFI) selection policy, the first set of trials would be held next month for the women's world championships in Turkey this May.
Boxers will compete in head guards during the men's National Championship -- scheduled to start on September 15 -- and the gold-medallists will qualify for the World Championships.
Gaurav Saini (70kg) advanced to the final while three other Indian boxers entered the last-four stage after contrasting victories in the Asian Junior Championships in Dubai.
India's Bishwamitra Chongtham (51kg) sailed into the semifinals along with three of his compatriots, assuring themselves of at least a bronze medal at the ASBC Youth and Junior Boxing Championships.
Nine boxers participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for India, with Lovlina Borgohain being the only one to secure a medal.
India's nine Olympic-bound boxers will travel abroad for a three-week training stint ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian boxer went down to world champion and familiar foe Shakhobidin Zoirov 5-0 in the semi-finals.
Indian women's boxing's High-Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco is among 21 campers who have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
Gaurav Solanki (57kg), Prayag Chouhan (75kg) and Brijesh Yadav (81kg) tested positive for the virus a week back.
Apart from the two gold medals, the Indians added two silver and three more bronze to their tally on the penultimate day of the competition.
On December 24 last year, BFI had given a three-month extension to its office-bearers and resolved to conduct elections by February after the process had to be put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The BFI elections, to be held in September originally, were postponed to December because of the pandemic before being suspended further.
India finished the competition at the second spot overall after claiming three gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
He filed his papers on Wednesday and has been included in the BFI electoral college that has paved the way for him to take on Singh.
Jay Kowli, the secretary-general of BFI, sent out a notification on this to all units on Friday evening, setting the process in motion.
There are no female representatives holding a top office within the BFI at present and the federation also didn't specify in its statement as to how it plans to increase the participation of women.
The BFI wanted to start the camp on June 10 originally but had been waiting to secure permissions from the state government and the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
Panghal said that she was fine with attending the camp if necessary precautions are taken.
In its 19-page Standard Operating Procedure for resumption of training as well as competitions, the Boxing Federation of India has mandated health protocols similar to what the Sports Authority of India has suggested.
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