Lovlina, Pooja, Nikhat qualified for World Boxing Championships 2022
With the loss of Mary Kom, six-time world champion, Lovlina Borgohain, Pooja as well as Nikhat Zareen will head India's World Championships campaign in May at the Istanbul world championships in boxing.
Following three days of tests, Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) who was a bronze medalist in the Tokyo Olympics qualified for the women's world championships.
The selections were made in addition to the 12 categories for world championships.
Because of the COVID-19 outbreak The competition was delayed, and is now scheduled to take place from May 6 through 21 May, in accordance with the revised schedule.
Other Qualifiers
Other experienced campaigners such as Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Pooja Rani (81kg) are also eligible for the competition.
Rani She was devastated by the loss of her father earlier in the month is hoping for her return. She was forced to leave the Strandja Memorial because of the incident. She has also won two Asian gold medals.
Zareen was a foregone conclusion due to her recent achievements being the very first Indian woman boxer to take home two medals of gold at the famous Strandja Memorial Tournament earlier this month.
Lovlina Borgohain overcame Arundhati Choudhary. The young world champion who went to the Delhi High Court to contest the Assam star's automatic selection, won when the world championship was set in December of last year.
Borgohain will be competing in his first event since his podium performance in the 69kg division at Tokyo.
What is the reason Mary Kom withdraw from the event?
Mary Kom, a six-time world champion, has decided to withdraw from the world championship as well as the Asian Games. Kom is now focusing her attention her attention on Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Birmingham Commonwealth Games in July and August.
Manisha has won her trials to be able to compete in both highlight events at the weight category of 57kg. The younger Jasmine (60kg) as well as the veteran Saweety Bora (75kg) who took home the world silver medal in 2014 and also made it to the finals.
Nitu (48kg) Nitu (48kg), who was winner of the gold medal at the same event was also a member of the world championship team.
Nandini (+81kg) who took home bronze at the Sofia event, was a recent Strandja medallist who was selected for the team.
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