Paris Olympics: India’s campaign in boxing ends with Lovlina’s quarters loss
The eighth-seed Lovlina lost the bout by a 4:1 split decision to Li Qian, the reigning Asian Games champion.
The eighth-seed Lovlina lost the bout by a 4:1 split decision to Li Qian, the reigning Asian Games champion.
Avinash Sable, who recently shattered the national record in the 3000m steeplechase for the tenth time with an impressive 8 minutes and 9.91 seconds at the Diamond League Paris, is eagerly gearing up for the Olympics.
The IOA chief wrote to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) president Randhir Singh on June 26, to consider the proposal to include Yoga as a sport in Asian Games.
Both Palak, in the first qualification relay, and Sainyam, in the second, shot identical scores of 578 to take the sixth and seventh qualification spots, giving India a boost in their endeavour to grab one of the two available quota places.
Jena, who recently returned to India from a 35-day training stint in Gold Coast in Australia, is now training at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala, and said he has no further plans for foreign training before heading to Paris for the Olympics.
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