NEW DELHI: Four Tokyo Olympic-bound
boxers
, including 2018 World Championship bronze medalist Simranjit Kaur (60kg), were included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (
TOPS
) at the 50th Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) meeting held recently.
Also included were Ashish Kumar (men’s 75 kg), Satish Kumar (men’s 91+ kg) and
Pooja Rani (women’s 75 kg). All four boxers won Olympic quotas at the Asian Boxing Qualifiers held in Amman, Jordan in March this year.
2012 Olympic bronze medalist and six-time world champion, MC
Mary Kom, who participates in women’s 51 kg was among the six boxers retained in TOPS after a performance review. The other boxers retained in the scheme include Kavinder Singh Bisht, Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik,
Vikas Krishan and Lovlina Borgohain.
Nikhat Zareen (women’s 51 kg) and Sonia Chahal (women’s 57 kg) and Shiva Thapa ( Men’s 63 Kg) were moved to the TOPS Developmental group from the Core Group. Zareen participates in the same weight category as Mary Kom who has won the Olympic quota while Thapa participates in the same weight category as Manish Kaushik who has also earned a quota.
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