After years of heartbreaks, Sakshi Chaudhary finally gears up for CWG, Asian Games
For years, Sakshi Chaudhary lived with the feeling that she was always one step away.
For years, Sakshi Chaudhary lived with the feeling that she was always one step away.
A boxing coach associated with a private club at Bengaluru’s Kanteerava Stadium has been booked under the POCSO Act after a 17-year-old boxer accused him of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation.
World Boxing Cup Finals champions Hitesh Gulia (70kg) and Preeti (54kg) led the charge for India, both registering emphatic victories as the hosts tasted success across multiple weight categories.
The championships are being staged with the men’s and women’s events running simultaneously at the same venue for the first time, with around 600 boxers from across the country competing in 10 weight categories each for men and women.
The agreement marks the beginning of a strategic and long-term collaboration aimed at strengthening sports research, scientific training, athlete well-being, and advanced coaching methodologies.
The eighth-seed Lovlina lost the bout by a 4:1 split decision to Li Qian, the reigning Asian Games champion.
Pangal, the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games champion, lost 1-4 to his African rival in the 51 kg class round of 16 bout and made his exit.
Amits chance finally arrived once Irish High Performance director Bernard Dunne resigned after none of the male boxers (selected on the basis of the evaluation method that he devised) failed to qualify for the Games with less than two months to go for the Olympics.’
Ever since the 28-year-old secured the Olympic quota at the Hangzhou Asian Games in October last year, she has had her eye set on the biggest prize in her sport.
The journey, however, hasn’t been a cakewalk for the 22-year-old pugilist, a regular in the 60kg weight division as she had to overcome an extra hurdle to book herself a ticket to the upcoming Paris Olympics.
