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Olympic-bound boxer Simranjit Kaur has been dropped from the Indian squad for the Asian Boxing Championships to be held from May 21 as she remains to be recovering from Covid-19.
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- Last Updated:April 30, 2021, 22:37 IST
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National champion and Olympic-bound boxer Simranjit Kaur has been dropped from the Indian squad for the Asian Boxing Championships to be held in Dubai from May 21 as she remains to be recovering from Covid-19. The 25-year-old nationwide champion within the 60 kg had examined constructive for Covid-19 final week. “Since she remains to be in quarantine right here on the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex, it wouldn’t be potential for her to compete within the continental competitors. We will test if the second boxer in her class (60kg) is match for competitors,” an official of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) told IANS.
The BFI had conducted national selection trials in women’s category last month here at the IG Stadium. But due to the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had closed all the national camps in New Delhi.
“We would send a proposal to SAI to allow the BFI to conduct a national camp for the elite women boxers in Patiala from next week,” mentioned the BFI official.
Simranjit is amongst 4 Indian ladies boxers to have certified for the Tokyo Olympics.
Six-time world champion MC Marykom (51kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69 kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) are the opposite three to have gotten quota for the Tokyo Olympics beginning July 23.
The 10-day lengthy Asian competitors was purported to be held right here on the IG Stadium however was just lately shifted to Dubai as New Delhi is going through a lockdown.
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