BFI felicitates medallists at World Boxing Cup

Indian boxers who gained medals at this 12 months’s World Boxing Cup in Brazil and Kazakhstan had been felicitated by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Thursday. India gained 4 gold, six silver and 7 bronze medals throughout the 2 legs within the event’s inaugural version. Each gold medallist acquired a money prize of ₹2 lakh. Silver and bronze medallists had been awarded ₹1 lakh and ₹50,000 every respectively.

Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) and Nupur (80+kg) had been among the many standout performers within the second leg in Astana, which was held from June 30 to July 7, whereas Hitesh Gulia (70kg) emerged victorious in Brazil in April. Notably, Hitesh and Abhinash Jamwal (65kg) secured medals in each legs.

The World Boxing Cup finals shall be held in India in November.

Vijender Singh, who was the primary Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal along with his bronze in Beijing 2008, was in attendance for the occasion on Thursday.

BFI elections on observe: Ajay Singh

With the BFI presently being run by a six-member interim panel whose tenure is until August 31, appearing president Ajay Singh stated that contemporary elections are on observe.

“The BFI elections shall be held on August 27 or 28 tentatively,” he advised the media. “We did begin the method of conducting the elections in March. But it was held up attributable to numerous litigations. The world physique, World Boxing, subsequently created an interim panel. We have been requested to conduct elections earlier than August 31.”

On Vijender’s involvement, he stated: “He is a big inspiration for our boxers. We additionally need to use his expertise and experience to supervise a few of our coaching processes and provides us options. He has simply began to be concerned.”