Indian girls’s boxing’s High Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco and head coach Mohammed Ali Qamar are amongst 21 campers who’ve examined optimistic for COVID-19 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium right here however not one of the contaminated pugilists are certain for Olympics
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) issued an announcement to verify the event at the camp however didn’t give away names of these affected. However, a supply near the group instructed PTI that the highest members of the teaching workers are amongst those that have examined optimistic.
“Precautionary COVID tests were conducted at the National Coaching Camp for Elite Women Boxers at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi and 21 campers, including players and coaching staff, have tested positive. None of them however are Olympic-bound boxers,” the SAI acknowledged.
All those that have examined optimistic are asymptomatic and so they have been moved to a quarantine zone as per the SAI protocol.
“The Olympic-bound boxers as well as other campers, who tested negative, are placed in a safe zone at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. It is SAI’s utmost effort to ensure containment of the spread of virus,” it mentioned.
The supply revealed that the outbreak has resulted in coaching being halted for the time being.
(*21*)“Both Raffaele and Ali Qamar are positive along with some other assistant coaches. Olympic-bound are not positive but they might have come in contact with those who have tested positive during sparring, this would need more monitoring,” he mentioned.
“Everyone has been quarantined. No training for now,” he added.
The 4 girls boxers who’ve certified for the Games are M C Mary Kom(51kg), Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg).
Wednesday’s improvement comes after 10 from the boys’s contingent examined optimistic for the dreaded virus in March at their coaching base in Patiala.
In view of the rising COVID-19 circumstances throughout the nation, SAI is conducting weekly precautionary checks for athletes, help workers and administration and strict quarantine norms have been arrange.
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