New Delhi: Super heavyweight male boxer participating in Commonwealth Games Sagar AhlawatiTravel to Northern Ireland to prepare for Birmingham Games The delay has been due to visa issues, TOI has learned.
Sagar, who was to fly to Belfast along with other crew members on Sunday, is expected to join the team in a few days after their visas are processed, a source said.
It is learned that Sagar’s name was missing when the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) shared the list of boxers for the preparatory camp with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on July 1.
“His name was added only on July 7 when it was sent by BFI. The federation requested us to intervene and help with the visa. The preliminary process was started on Saturday by the SAI through the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). They will get visa on Monday.
This will be the first time that a 20-year-old player from Haryana’s Dhandlan village will be dressed in India’s colors and will enter the ring at an international event in his promising career. Sagar defeated his Adarsh in the Commonwealth Games trials Satish Kumar And then beat National Champion Narendra to book his ticket to Birmingham.
The rest of the boxing contingent left for Jordanstown in Northern Ireland on Sunday for a two-week multinational preparatory camp. The team will travel directly from their training base to Birmingham on 24 July.
11-member women’s team including world champions Nikhat Zareen And Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist lovlina borgohainand a 15-man men’s team that includes Gold Coast CWG silver medalists Amit Panghali Will participate in the camp from 10-24 July.
Shaft:
Women: Neetu (48kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Jasmine Lamboria (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (70kg)
For men: Amit Panghal (51kg), Mohammad Husamuddin (57kg), shiv thapa (63.5kg), Rohit Tokas (67kg), Sumit (75kg), Ashish Kumar (80kg), Sanjeet (92kg) and Sagar Ahlawat (+92kg)
Sagar, who was to fly to Belfast along with other crew members on Sunday, is expected to join the team in a few days after their visas are processed, a source said.
It is learned that Sagar’s name was missing when the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) shared the list of boxers for the preparatory camp with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on July 1.
“His name was added only on July 7 when it was sent by BFI. The federation requested us to intervene and help with the visa. The preliminary process was started on Saturday by the SAI through the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). They will get visa on Monday.
This will be the first time that a 20-year-old player from Haryana’s Dhandlan village will be dressed in India’s colors and will enter the ring at an international event in his promising career. Sagar defeated his Adarsh in the Commonwealth Games trials Satish Kumar And then beat National Champion Narendra to book his ticket to Birmingham.
The rest of the boxing contingent left for Jordanstown in Northern Ireland on Sunday for a two-week multinational preparatory camp. The team will travel directly from their training base to Birmingham on 24 July.
11-member women’s team including world champions Nikhat Zareen And Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist lovlina borgohainand a 15-man men’s team that includes Gold Coast CWG silver medalists Amit Panghali Will participate in the camp from 10-24 July.
Shaft:
Women: Neetu (48kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Jasmine Lamboria (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (70kg)
For men: Amit Panghal (51kg), Mohammad Husamuddin (57kg), shiv thapa (63.5kg), Rohit Tokas (67kg), Sumit (75kg), Ashish Kumar (80kg), Sanjeet (92kg) and Sagar Ahlawat (+92kg)