VIKAS
KRISHAN BOXES HIS WAY INTO THE MEDAL
ROUND AT YOUTH OLYMPICS SINGAPORE
The
boxing tournament of the 1st Youth
Olympic Games got underway today in
the International Convention Centre
right in downtown Singapore. A total
of 66 boxers from 49 countries (six
in each weight category) are vying
for medals in probably the last major
international boxing tournament with
the eleven-category system. The qualification
process was very stringent in that
only the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalists
of the Youth World Boxing Championships
at Baku made the cut for the 1st Youth
Olympics. The other 22 places were
allotted by AIBA to those Countries
that unfortunately could not get their
boxers qualified for the Youth Olympics.
India had two boxers who qualified
ie. Vikas Krishan (Gold Medal) and
Shiva Thapa (Silver Medal) at the
Qualifying Tournament in Baku. The
quarterfinals of the five lower weights
were contested in the afternoon -
two boxers per category had received
byes, making it straight to the semifinals.
India’s Vikas Krishan - one of the
highly rated boxers of the 1st Youth
Olympic Games, with a Youth World
Championships gold medal and an Elite
Indian National Championships title
under his belt and who is from the
Army Sports Institute, Pune - had
a strong opponent in Armenian Hrayr
Matevosyan. At the end of Round 1
the scoreline read 1:1 pts. However
in the 2nd Round, Vikas made intelligent
moves by side stepping tactically
as directed by his Coach Mr G Manoharan
who is himself a former Olympian Boxer
(Moscow Olympics 1980), whereby his
opponents defences were opened upand
chalked up an unsurmountable 6:1 pts
lead. In the 3rd Round Vikas scored
one more pt and maintained his lead
to win with a final score of 7:2 pts
in the quarterfinal contest and move
into the semifinals after a tough
bout. "No, it was not difficult,"
said Vikas, who has been boxing for
just four years. "I had stronger opponents
at the Indian Elite Championships,
and I want to win this Youth Olympics.
My bigger goal is the London Games
in 2012." Coach G Manoharan, Asst
Coach BB Mohanty and the Team Doctor
Dr TK Tamta were ecstatic at this
wonderful victory. The Asst Coach
and the Team Doctor have been sent
at the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation’s
expense as it was felt that the two
Indian Boxers needed to be fully supported
in terms of Medical Assistance as
well as two Coaches / Seconds are
required in the corner while the bouts
were in progress. Vikas now meets
his Youth World Championship Silver
Medalist opponent Petrauskas Evaldas
of Lithuania in the semi finals on
22 August 2010. In the other quarterfinals
today Petrauskas had defeated Vahrenholt
Thomas of Germany by a score of 6:2
pts. India’s other entry Shiva Thapa
who is also from Army Sports Institute,
Pune and a Silver Medalist at the
Youth World Championships in 54 kgs
got a bye and moved into the semifinals.
He now meets Zack Davies(GBR) who
is the 2009 British Youth Champion
on 22 August 2010 who had also got
a bye into the semifinals.
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF INDIAN WOMEN'S TEAM FOR 6th AIBA
WORLD WOMEN'S BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT BARBADOS
Indian
Boxing Federation is pleased to announce
the names of the 10 member Women's
Boxing Team for the 6th AIBA World
Women's Boxing Championships at Bridgetown,
Barbados from 09 - 19 September 2010.
A total of 306 boxers from 75 different
countries are now registered for this
edition of the World Boxing Championships.
The number of participants has increased
by more than 50 per cent compared
with the 2008 edition, which was held
in Ningbo, China, even though the
number of weight categories has since
been reduced from 13 to 10. Furthermore,
the number of participating countries
has increased by almost 80%, from
42 in 2008 to 75 for the 2010 edition.
1. 48 kgs MC Marykom AIPB
2. 51 kgs L Sarita Devi AIPB
3. 54 kgs Priyanka Choudhary UKD
4. 57 kgs Pavitra HAR
5. 60 kgs Neetu Chahal HAR
6. 64 kgs Pratibha Jakhar CHD
7. 69 kgs Kavita Goyat DEL
8. 75 kgs Aswathy Mol RSPB
9. 81 kgs Laxmi Padiya AIPB
10. +81 kgs Kavita Chahal HAR
The Indian Women's Boxing Team will
leave Delhi for Barbados in the early
hours of 05 September 2010 and return
on 20 September 2010. The Competition
this time will be extremely tough
as all Boxing Nations are earnestly
preparing their Boxers for the London
Olympic Games 2012 where Women's Boxing
has been introduced for the first
time in 3 weight categories (51 kgs,
60 kgs & 75 kgs). The Asian Games
at Guangzhou, China in November 2010
will also feature Women's Boxing with
the above mentioned 3 weight categories.
AIBA
President Dr C K Wu hails "Historic"
Olympic Qualification Guidelines
Dr
Ching-Kuo Wu, President of AIBA, today
hailed as historic the approved Olympic
Qualification Guidelines for boxing
for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
"The guidelines contain not one, but
two historic elements," he said. "For
the first time ever in the history
of the Olympic Games, there will be
women's boxing in the competition.
Furthermore, each individual champion
in the new World Series of Boxing,
which starts in November this year,
will also obtain a quota place for
the London 2012 Olympic Games." The
World Series of Boxing (WSB) has five
weight categories. The individual
champion in each category will be
determined when the top two boxers
in each category at the end of the
regular season face each other in
the individiual championship final.
Due to the difference in weight categories
between the Olympic Games and WSB,
the WSB boxers will have to inform
AIBA which weight category they wish
to compete in at the London 2012 Olympic
Games. In addition to the places available
through the WSB, the Olympic Games
places for the men's competition will
be determined by the 2011 AIBA Men's
World Championships and Continental
Qualifying Events. At the 2011 AIBA
Men's World Championships the top
ten boxers from different NOCs in
each weight category (except the heavyweight
and super heavyweight categories,
where the total is six) will obtain
a quota place for London 2012, within
the quotas awarded to each continent.
There will be one Continental Olympic
Qualifying Event per continent. The
remaining number of quota places for
each continent will be allocated to
the best ranked boxers according to
the same continental quotas. The 2012
AIBA Women World Boxing Championships
will be the only qualifying event
for the women's competition. The top
eight boxers from different NOCs in
each weight category will obtain a
quota place. The remaining places
will be filled by the Tripartite Commission
(8 men, 11 women) and host country
places (5 men, 1 woman).
Starting
young is imperative for success and
that is exactly what the Indian female
boxers seem to be following. With
women’s boxing now a part of the Olympics
schedule and four time world champion
M C Marykom to emulate there is lots
to look up for the females as far
as boxing in India is concerned. The
latest challenge for the young crop
in this field is coming up in the
form of a women’s national championship.
Nationals for the sub-junior and junior
category are going to be held in Erode
from the 3rd to the 7th of May. The
junior age group which includes girls
between 12 and 14 will compete in
as many as 30 weight categories and
the girls in the junior age group
(14-16) will fight it out in 11 weight
categories. This is the first year
that the sub-junior age group has
been included in the national championship.
Karunakaran, the Secretary of the
Tamil Nadu Boxing Association and
the Chairman of the organizing committee
for the national games feels that
including lot many more age groups
is a great way to encourage more girls
to take up boxing. In his words, “In
the sub-junior age group we have many
weight categories so that a lot of
girls participate.” A fierce competition
seems to be on the cards with around
300-350 young girls expected to clash
against each other. According to Karunakaran
girls from Assam and Haryana will
be the ones to look out for as these
are the two states which generally
produce the toughest bunch of boxers.
But the local girls cannot be taken
lightly as well since it’s been a
good two years since the time boxing
was introduced in schools for girls
in Tamil Nadu. For the winners the
prize though is not just restricted
to a medal at the championship, instead
with selectors keeping an eye out
for the young guns spots are up for
grab at the youth national camp scheduled
to be held later in the year. As the
chairman puts it, “Our main aim for
hosting the junior nationals is to
spot talent and put them in the youth
development program.” Surely Marykom
would be elated to see the upcoming
talent in the tournament.
PARTICIPATION
OF INDIAN WOMEN S BOXING TEAM IN
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN RUSSIA
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A
seven member women s boxing team
comprising of 5 boxers and 2 coaches
left Delhi in the early hours of 07
July 2009 to Russia to attend the
International Women s Boxing Tournament
at St Petersburg from 08 – 11
July 2009.
This Championship assumes added importance
in view of the fact that Women s
Boxing is likely to be introduced
at the London Olympics 2012 and prior
to that Women s Boxing is making
a debut at the Indoor Asian Games
at Vietnam from 30 Oct – 08
Nov 2009.
The Team composition is :
48 kgs. Kalpana Choudhary (Assam)
now working in Railways. She is
a Gold Medalist at the Asian Women
s Championship 2008 and a Bronze
Championship at the World Championships
2005. She is also the National Champion
for the past four years from 2005
2008.
51 kgs. Chhoto Loura (Haryana) now
in Railways. A Gold Medalist at
Ahmet Comert Cup, Turkey as well
as the Witch Cup, Hungary, she is
also a Bronze Medalist at the World
Championships held at Ningbo, China
in 2008. A National Champion from
2005 -2007 and a Silver Medalist
at the Nationals in 2008.
54 kgs. Sushma Kumari (Haryana)
now in Railways. A Silver Medalist
at the Asian Championships held
at Hisar in 2003. She is the National
Champion in her Weight Category
for the past 8 years from 2001 –
2008.
75 kgs. Laxmi Padhya (Jharkhand)
now in Police. She was a Bronze
Medalist in Ahmet Comert Cup at
Turkey in 2002, and a National Champion
in 2003 & 2004.
81 kgs. N Sangeeta Devi (Manipur)
now in Police. A Gold Medalist at
the Federation Cup held in 2009
and a Bronze Medalist at the National
Championships 2008.
Chief Coach. Mr BC Bhatt ( SAI Coach,
Sonepat)
Coach. Mr Jaivir Singh (SAI, Bhopal)
IABF is
also pleased to announce that the
National Elite Women s Boxing Championships
will be held at Jamshedpur under
the aegis of Steel Plants Sports
Board (SPSB) in the second week
of September 2009. All the Quarter
Finalists (States) in all Weight
Categories at the National Games
will qualify to participate in the
National Games scheduled to be held
at Jharkhand in November 2009.
