Women’s world boxing championship postponed; AIBA says COVID state of affairs too tough

Next month’s girls’s world boxing championship in Istanbul was on Wednesday postponed until March 2022 by the game’s governing physique AIBA, which stated the “COVID-19 situation is too difficult at present” and it can not take the danger to proceed with the occasion.
As reported by PTI on Tuesday, the occasion’s postponement was sealed through the latest males’s world championships in Belgrade the place a number of international locations expressed apprehensions about travelling to Turkey amid a surge in COVID circumstances.
“As such, AIBA Board of Directors, in consensus with the Turkish National Federation, has decided to postpone the Women’s World Championships to March 2022,” AIBA President Umar Kremlev stated in a letter to nationwide federation which is in PTI’s possession.
“…the feedback received is that too many National Federations are facing difficult situations and restrictions within their countries. Regrettably, the Covid situation is too difficult at present,” he defined.
The event was tentatively deliberate from December 4 to 18 in Istanbul. Turkey has been logging circumstances in extra of 25,000 commonly.
The nation additionally reported 187 deaths on Monday due to the lethal an infection that has wreaked havoc globally for the previous two years. The surge in circumstances has been attributed to the delta variant of the virus.
“We are aware that some teams have already started preparations for this event and will be disappointed,” Kremlev stated.
“However, please understand that the safety and wellbeing of our athletes, officials and other stakeholders is priority, and therefore we cannot take the risk to proceed with the event,” he added.
Europe, normally, has been witnessing an increase in COVID circumstances.
India was to be represented by the reigning nationwide champions in all weight classes aside from 70kg division through which Olympic bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain has been given direct choice.
Her direct choice has been opposed by nationwide gold-winner and world youth champion Arundhati Choudhary, who has taken the matter to Delhi High Court. The HC has issued a discover to the Boxing Federation of India on the matter.
But with the postponement of the mega-event, there may very well be trials in all weight classes given the time lag.
For the primary time ever, the AIBA introduced a prize cash fund of USD 2.4 million for medal winners throughout 12 weight classes.
The prize for first place has been stored USD 100 000. The silver-medallists would obtain USD 50,000 and each bronze winners in every weight class could be richer by USD 25,000.
The world physique had additionally introduced that AIBA Extraordinary Congress could be held through the championships, and main reforms of the organisation can be introduced.
In July, AIBA elevated the ladies’s weight classes from 10 to 12.
The new divisions are 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 81kg, and +81kg.