Looking for extra: Shiva Thapa can be eager so as to add one other medal to his 2015 bronze.
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Six-time Asian championships medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), double Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and Asian silver medallist Deepak Bhoria (51kg) are some main names who’ve made the Indian squad for the World boxing championships to be held in Tashkent from April 30 to May 14.
Even because the number of Shiva and Hussamuddin was alongside anticipated traces, the return of Deepak, who pipped World Championships silver medallist and Commonwealth Games champion Amit Panghal by means of the three-week-long analysis course of, got here as a shock.
Deepak, who defeated 2016 Olympic and 2019 World champion Uzbek Shakhobidin Zoirov on the 2021 Strandja Memorial match, returned to the camp in January final following rehab to repair a shoulder harm. He excelled within the analysis course of to attain 731 factors towards Amit’s 682.
“My injury flared up after the Commonwealth Games trials as I was not sure whether I should continue with the rehab. Again, I did rehab for three months before rejoining the camp,” Deepak, who final competed in a global occasion within the 2021 World championships, instructed The Hindu.
While Shiva, who had Olympian and Worlds bronze medallist Manish Kaushik as considered one of his opponents in 63.5kg, could be eager so as to add one other medal to his 2015 Worlds bronze, Hussamuddin, an Asian bronze medallist, wish to open his account within the elite occasion.
Mohammad Hussamuddin.
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Olympian and 2019 Asian silver medallist Ashish Chaudhary (80kg), who had misplaced within the National championships, booked his spot. While Naveen Kumar (92kg) pipped former Asian champion Sanjeet by 12 factors, Narender Berwal (+92kg) beat Commonwealth Games medallist Sagar Ahlawat by 20 factors.
The Indian staff will depart for Tashkent on April 17 to attend a multi-nation coaching camp earlier than the occasion. In seven Olympic weight classes — 51kg, 57kg, 63.5kg, 71kg, 80kg, 92kg and +92kg — two boxers every will take part within the camp.
The squad: Govind Sahani (48kg), Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Sachin Siwach Jr. (54kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), Varinder Singh (60kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Akash Sangwan (67kg), Nishant Dev (71kg), Sumit Kundu (75kg), Ashish Chaudhary (80kg), Harsh Choudhary (86kg), Naveen Kumar (92kg) and Narender Berwal (92+kg).
