World bronze-medallist Manish Kaushik in 63kg category becomes 9th Indian boxer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

March 11, 2020 9:06 PM

World bronze-medallist Manish Kaushik in 63kg category becomes 9th Indian boxer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

World bronze-medallist Manish Kaushik in 63kg category today became the ninth Indian boxer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics after a win at the Asian Qualifiers in Amman, Jordan. He beat Commonwealth Games champion, Harrison Garside of Australia, 4-1  to book his maiden ticket to the quadrennial showpiece. Earlier, Olympic-bound Commonwealth Games champion Vikas Krishan signed off with a silver medal in 69 kg division after an eye injury forced him to pull out of the final. Krishan, a world and Asia...

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Mary Kom to represent Asian bloc in athlete ambassadors group

October 31, 2019 7:05 PM

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Mary Kom to represent Asian bloc in athlete ambassadors group

Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom has been included in a 10-strong athlete ambassadors group to represent boxers in the build-up to next year's Tokyo Olympic Games by the IOC's Task Force for the sport. Mary Kom will represent the Asian bloc in the group, which also comprises two-time Olympic and world gold-medallist Vasyl Lamachenko and five-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold-winner Julio Cesar La Cruz among others.   The 36-year-old Indian recently surpassed herself...