Mary Kom (51kg) also said her experience of over two decades will be her biggest weapon against younger opponents in Tokyo.
Shivpal Singh became the second Indian javelin thrower after star athlete Neeraj Chopra to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
The second-seeded 22-year-old lost to third seed and 2018 world silver-medallist Hong Gu of China in a unanimous 5-0 verdict after struggling to find her range against the experienced 30-year-old.
Mandeep Singh says they are looking forward to winning a medal at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.
The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced on Monday that about 100 accredited guests from the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 will attend the lighting ceremony in Olympia.
Second-seeded Mary Kom notched up a comfortable 5-0 win over Philippines' Irish Magno in her quarterfinal bout for a ticket to her second Olympic Games. She won a bronze in the 2012 London Olympics when women's boxing was first introduced at the showpiece
Kaushik also remains in contention for an Olympic berth if he can win the box-off between losing quarterfinalists as the top six boxers will claim Tokyo tickets in the 63kg category.
The 19-year-old Chaudhary lost 0-5 to Im, who is also a former world youth champion. Only the semifinalists are entitled to an Olympic berth in the women's 57kg category.
Rani, Krishan (69kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) became the first set of Indian boxers to qualify for the showpiece scheduled in July-August this year.
Sakshi first lost to Sonam in the trials for the Rome Ranking Series and the Asian Championships in January.Sakshi said that she is looking to improve and stay ready for all possibilities in the coming months.
Krishan clinched a 5-0 triumph to make the last eight stage, where he will square off against third seed and Asian silver-medallist Sewonrets Okazawa of Japan. Okazawa, who won a gold medal at last year's Olympic test event i
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.
The only thing is that we should not put pressure on these kids. They are too young, they can do a lot of good things but putting pressure on a 17 or 18-year-old kid is not good.
Olympic silver-medallist Sindhu says she can understand the apprehensions of fellow shuttlers, including compatriot Sania Nehwal, who is racing against time to qualify for the Games due to the cancellation of tournaments in the wake of the outbreak.
Ashish prevailed 5-0 in the mostly lop-sided contest to set up a clash with Indonesia's Maikhel Roberrd Muskita.
Despite worldwide concern and speculation about whether the fast-spreading virus outbreak will affect the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC’s leadership is not joining in the debate.
World Championships bronze-medallist Simranjit defeated Kazakhstan's Rimma Volossenko 5-0, while former junior world champion Sakshi stunned Asian silver-medallist and fourth seed Nilawan Techasuep of Thailand in a split 4-1 verdict.
The two-time youth world champion Indian, who is only 19, prevailed in a split verdict against the Asian Games bronze-medallist in an engrossing second-round bout after both the boxers got opening-round byes.
Seiko Hashimoto's response to a question in the upper house of parliament implies the Olympics could be held later in the year and would not have to start on July 24 as planned.
Solanki prevailed 5-0 against the two-time Kyrgyz national champion to enter the last-16 stage where he will be up against top-seeded Uzbek Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov, who got a bye into the second round.
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