NEW DELHI: The Indian boxing contingent, apart from Amit Panghal, the gold medallist from the Commonwealth Video games, is about to embark on a month-long coaching camp in Germany ranging from June 28.
This coaching stint is geared toward getting ready the boxers for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
The Olympic Centre in Saarbrucken, Germany, will host the Indian boxers, together with Nikhat Zareen (50kg), the reigning world champion, and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), who clinched a bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics.They are going to be coaching alongside nationwide groups from varied international locations reminiscent of Eire, USA, Mongolia, Germany, and Denmark.
Nishant Dev (71Kg), who secured a bronze medal on the 2023 World Championships, together with Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), can even be a part of the coaching camp.
In the meantime, Panghal (51kg) will proceed his coaching on the Sports activities Authority of India’s Shilaroo centre, the place he will likely be accompanied by his coaches and help employees from the nationwide camp. He’s scheduled to affix the remainder of the group in France at a later stage.
“The coaching camp in Saarbrucken won’t simply present the Indian contingent a chance to spar with high quality boxers from completely different international locations, it is going to additionally assist them acclimatise nicely earlier than the Video games because the climate situations in Germany are just like those they may encounter in Paris,” PTI quoted Hemanta Kumar Kalita, secretary normal, Boxing Federation of India as saying in a launch.
Six Indian boxers, comprising 4 feminine and two male athletes, have secured their spots within the upcoming Olympic Video games. Nearly all of these pugilists, 5 in whole, will bear coaching in Germany till July 22 earlier than making their technique to Paris for the extremely anticipated occasion.
Vijender Singh made historical past by clinching India’s first Olympic boxing medal, a bronze, in Beijing again in 2008. The enduring MC Mary Kom additional added to the nation’s tally with one other bronze medal within the 2012 London Video games.
Among the many present contingent, Lovlina is on a mission to etch her identify within the file books. She goals to grow to be solely the third Indian boxer, and the second girl from the nation, to realize the exceptional feat of successful consecutive Olympic medals, following her bronze medal triumph in Tokyo.
This coaching stint is geared toward getting ready the boxers for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
The Olympic Centre in Saarbrucken, Germany, will host the Indian boxers, together with Nikhat Zareen (50kg), the reigning world champion, and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), who clinched a bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics.They are going to be coaching alongside nationwide groups from varied international locations reminiscent of Eire, USA, Mongolia, Germany, and Denmark.
Nishant Dev (71Kg), who secured a bronze medal on the 2023 World Championships, together with Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), can even be a part of the coaching camp.
In the meantime, Panghal (51kg) will proceed his coaching on the Sports activities Authority of India’s Shilaroo centre, the place he will likely be accompanied by his coaches and help employees from the nationwide camp. He’s scheduled to affix the remainder of the group in France at a later stage.
“The coaching camp in Saarbrucken won’t simply present the Indian contingent a chance to spar with high quality boxers from completely different international locations, it is going to additionally assist them acclimatise nicely earlier than the Video games because the climate situations in Germany are just like those they may encounter in Paris,” PTI quoted Hemanta Kumar Kalita, secretary normal, Boxing Federation of India as saying in a launch.
Six Indian boxers, comprising 4 feminine and two male athletes, have secured their spots within the upcoming Olympic Video games. Nearly all of these pugilists, 5 in whole, will bear coaching in Germany till July 22 earlier than making their technique to Paris for the extremely anticipated occasion.
Vijender Singh made historical past by clinching India’s first Olympic boxing medal, a bronze, in Beijing again in 2008. The enduring MC Mary Kom additional added to the nation’s tally with one other bronze medal within the 2012 London Video games.
Among the many present contingent, Lovlina is on a mission to etch her identify within the file books. She goals to grow to be solely the third Indian boxer, and the second girl from the nation, to realize the exceptional feat of successful consecutive Olympic medals, following her bronze medal triumph in Tokyo.
