The Indian males’s group boxers and their assist employees, who examined optimistic for COVID-19 at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala final month, have recovered from the an infection, a fortnight after being quarantined.
A complete of 12, together with chief coach C A Kuttappa, had examined optimistic within the final week of March and positioned in quarantine with little or no signs. The boxers who have been contaminated included Asian championships silver medallist Deepak Kumar and Naveen Boora amongst others.
“We have come out negative in tests conducted on Monday. Fully recovered now, all of us,” Kuttappa instructed PTI.
Their infections had come to mild after Sports Authority of India performed 313 exams at the elite coaching base, which additionally homes track-and-field athletes and weightlifters amongst others.
None of those that have been contaminated within the boxing contingent included Olympic-bound pugilists.
Nine Indian boxers — 5 males and 4 ladies — have to date certified for the Olympics in Tokyo. The subsequent main task for the Japan-bound group is the Asian Championships in Delhi from May 21 to 31.
The ladies’s group for that has already been introduced and might be spearheaded by six-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg).
The different ladies boxers who’ve made the lower for Tokyo aside from Mary Kom are Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg).
Among the boys, Amit Panghal (52kg), Manish Kaushik (63kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) have certified for the July-August quadrennial showpiece, which needed to be postponed by a yr due to the pandemic.
Panghal and Kaushik on Wednesday left for a contest in Russia beginning April 19 in St Petersburg.
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