New Delhi, April 24: The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has selected 50 athletes, including Olympic hopeful Preity Sai Pawar (54kg), to represent India in the Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championship 2024 to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan. I selected a human boxer. From April 27th to May 7th.
Preity, who won the bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Games and secured a spot at the Paris Olympics, will represent India in the U-22 category along with former youth world champion and 2022 Asian Elite Boxing Championship gold medalist Alfiya Pathan (81kg). He will lead the representative.
Current youth world champions Devika Goalpade (52kg) and Vishwanath Suresh (48kg), senior national champions Prachi (63kg), Akash Gorkha (60kg) and Jugnu (86kg) are also part of the U-22 team. .
Both the U-22 and Youth competitions will have 13 and 12 categories in the men’s and women’s categories respectively, with 25 Indian boxers participating in each.
The players were selected based on their good performance in trials conducted by BFI at the Army Sports Institute, Pune from April 6th to 10th for the U-22 category and at NCOE Rohtak from April 12th to 15th for the Youth category. It was.
“The boxers were selected from across the country after intense competition. This tournament is an opportunity for these young boxers to demonstrate their skills in one of Asia’s most prestigious tournaments and gain valuable international exposure. This is an important opportunity to have. I am sure they will bring glory to the country and I wish them all the best,” said Hemanta Kumar Kalita, Secretary General, Boxing Federation of India.
Current junior world champions Nisha (52kg) and Akanksha (70kg) will lead the national challenge in the youth women’s category along with Asian youth champion Nikita Chand (60kg).
Meanwhile, junior world championship silver medalists Jatin (57kg), Sahil (80kg) and Hemant Sangwan (86kg) will be participating in the youth men’s category.
This prestigious tournament features over 400 boxers from over 24 countries competing for medals in 25 weight classes.
The bout will be live streamed on the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) YouTube channel.
Youth team:
Men: Brijesh Tamta (48kg), Aryan (51kg), Jitesh (54kg), Jatin (57kg), Sagar Jakhar (60kg), Yashwardhan Singh (63.5kg), Sumit (67kg), Priyanshu (71kg), Rahul. Kundu (75kg), Sahil (80kg), Hemant Sangwan (86kg), Aryan (92kg), Lakshay Rati (92kg).
Women: Annu (48kg), Lakshmi (50kg), Nisha (52kg), Tamannaah (54kg), Yatri Patel (57kg), Nikita Chand (60kg), Shushti Sathe (63kg), Partavi Grewal (66kg) , Akansha Faraswal (70kg), Rudrika (75kg), Khushi Puniya (81kg) and Nirjala Bana (81kg).
U 22 Squad:
Men: Vishwanath Suresh (48kg), Jadumani Singh M (51kg), Ashish (54kg), Nikhil (57kg), Akash Gorkha (60kg), Ajay Kumar (63.5kg), Preet Malik (67kg) , Ankush (71kg), Kunal (75kg), Dhruv Singh (80kg), Jugnu (86kg), Yuvraj (92kg), Rhythm (92kg).
Women: Gudi (48kg), Tammana (50kg), Devika Goalpade (52kg), Preeti (54kg), Poonam (57kg), Priyanka (60kg), Prachi (63kg), Kajal Devi A (66kg), Sane (70kg) ), Muskan (75kg), Alfiya Pathan (81kg) and Ritika (81kg).
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