Boxing News: 4 Olympic quota winning boxers inducted in TOPS

Simranjit Kaur, 2018 World Championship bronze medalist was among 4 boxers who were included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at the 50th Mission Olympic Cell meeting held on November 26th. Also included along with Simranjit (60 kg) were Ashish Kumar (men’s 75 kg), Satish Kumar (men’s 91+ kg) and Pooja Rani (women’s 75 kg). All four boxers won Olympic quotas at the Asian Boxing Qualifiers held in March 2020. 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and 6-time world champion MC Mary Kom who participates in women’s 51 kg was among 6 boxers retained in TOPS after a performance review. The other boxers retained in the scheme include Kavinder Singh Bisht, Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik, Vikas Krishan and Lovlina Borgohain. Nikhat Zareen (women’s 51 kg) and Sonia Chahal (women’s 57 kg) and Shiva Thapa ( Men’s 63 Kg) were moved to the TOPS Developmental group from the Core Group. Zareen participates in the same weight category as MC Mary Kom who has won the Olympic quota while Thapa participates in the same weight category as Manish Kaushik who has also earned a quota.