The 23-year-old Indian became even more dominant in the second round with the help of his long reach and delivered some effective right hooks to win the second round 5-0 comfortably.
The alleged inaction on the part of the Canadian government prompted FIDE to issue an urgent appeal late on Friday night.
Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, defeated the world No. 29 Canadian pair of Catherine Choi and Josephine Wu 21-16, 21-17 in the round of 32 of the BWF Super 500 tournament.
The 28-year-old heaved the best throw of his career on the third attempt. In the process, he broke the previous Asian record of 21.49m he achieved in Patiala two years ago. He also breached the world championships qualifying mark of 21.40m.
Indian table tennis player Reeth Rishya Tennison is all set to put her best foot forward as she prepares for her first singles World Championships to be held in Durban from May 20 to 28.
A 19-member Indian Men's boxing squad on Monday left for Tashkent, to participate in a 12 day long multi-nation training camp ahead of the World Boxing Championships which is scheduled to be held there from 30 April to May 14.
“My preparations are going well. We were in South Africa recently where we were focusing on concentrating on strength and conditioning."
On Sunday, the reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen will take to the ring against Roumaysa Boualam of Algeria in the 50kg category in the Mahindra IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
The 32-year-old Karnataka 400m runner, who won numerous medals at the Asian Championships and Asian Games, would miss the World Championships
The 37-year-old stated that it was hard to spot any fellow female boxer when she had taken her initial steps in her sporting journey.
