Showing posts with label #boxing. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Indian Boxing @ Tokyo2020

Hello,

Lets see about Boxing! India had won 2 medals in boxing in past. But boxing foundations are getting stronger every year. Vijiender was seen as a nation hero when he won Bronze in Beijing2008! Many kids lookedup to him.

One in Beijing2008 by Vijender Singh and another by Mary Kom in London2012!


Mary Kom is an inspiration! She is a mother of 3 sons and adopted a girl, but she never givenup, competing for a nation again. She is a champion lady competing in International level from 2001.Won 19 medals including 13 Gold!

We have strong team this time! 13 gold medals to hunt, but India will contest in 5 men's and 4 women's so, total 9 categories.

Indian Men will contest in below weight categories: 

Flyweight (52kg) - Amit Panghal

Lightweight (63kg) - Manish Kaushik

Welterweight (69kg) - Vikas Krishan Yadav

Middleweight (75kg) - Ashish Kumar

Super heavyweight (+91kg) - Satish Kumar

Women will contest in below weight categories:

Flyweight (51kg) - Mary Kom

Lightweight (60kg) - Simranjith Kaur

Welterweight (69kg) - Lovlina Borgohain

Middleweight (75kg) - Pooja Rani

All eyes on Mary Kom to repeat the heroics London and better her medal. Vikas krishan the experienced campainer missed out a bronze in Rio2016

Schedule:

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