Women’s World Boxing Championships postponed; AIBA says that the COVID-19 situation is very difficult. Boxing News – Times of India

New Delhi : Next month Women’s World Boxing Championships The sport in Istanbul on Wednesday was postponed until March 2022 by the governing body passed, which stated that “the current COVID-19 situation is very difficult” and it cannot afford to escalate the event.
As reported by PTI on Tuesday, the postponement of the event was sealed during the recent men’s world championships in Belgrade, where several countries decided to travel to Turkey amid a surge in COVID cases. apprehensions were expressed about

“for example, AIBA Board of Directors, in general agreement with Turkish National Federation, has decided to postpone the Women’s World Championships to March 2022,” AIBA President Omar Kremlev Said in a letter to the national federation which is in possession of PTI.
“…the response received is that many national federations are facing difficult conditions and sanctions within their countries. Sadly, the current COVID situation is very difficult,” he explained.
The tournament was planned from 4 to 18 December in Istanbul. Turkey is regularly reporting more than 25,000 cases.
On Monday, 187 people also died in the country due to the deadly infection that has been wreaking havoc globally for the last two years. The increase in cases has been attributed to the delta version of the virus.
“We know that some teams have started preparing for this event and they will be disappointed,” Kremlev said.
“However, please understand that the safety and well-being of our athletes, officials and other stakeholders is a priority, and therefore we cannot afford to take this event forward,” he said.
Europe, in general, is seeing a rise in COVID cases.
India was to be represented by the defending national champions in all weight categories except the 70kg category which had an Olympic bronze medalist. lovlina borgohain Direct selection is given.
His direct selection has been opposed by national gold winner and world youth champion. Arundhati Choudhary, which has taken up the matter Delhi High Court, High Court has issued notice to them Boxing Federation of India on this subject.
But with the postponement of the mega-event, trials can be held in all weight categories considering the time lag.
For the first time ever, AIBA announced $2.4 million in prize money for medal winners in 12 weight categories.
The first place prize has been kept at $100000. Silver medalists will receive $50,000 and both bronze winners will receive an additional $25,000 in each weight category.
The world body also announced that the AIBA Extraordinary Congress would be held during the championship, and announced major reforms to the organisation.
In July, AIBA increased the weight category for women from 10 to 12.
The new divisions are 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 81kg and +81kg.