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The International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force (BTF) announced Monday via a virtual meeting that the World Qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics has been cancelled.
The BTF has taken over the function of organizing the boxing competitions in the Olympics after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was suspended by the Olympic body in 2019. The suspension remains in effect.
The tournament was originally scheduled for May 2020 in Paris but was postponed for this year because of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Two other uncompleted qualifiers, those of the Americas and Europe will push through, but had to be moved back to May and June, respectively.
Boxing World Qualifiers for Tokyo cancelled
The International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force (BTF) announced Monday via a virtual meeting that the World Qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics has been canceled.
The BTF has taken over the function of organizing the boxing competitions in the Olympics after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was suspended by the Olympic body in 2019. The suspension remains in effect.
The tournament was originally scheduled for May 2020 in Paris, France but was postponed for this year because of the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Two other uncompleted qualifiers, those of the Americas and Europe will push through, but had to be moved back to May and June, respectively. The Olympics is scheduled for July.
MANILA, Philippines There will be no more world Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in Paris as the IOC Task Force decided the other day to cancel the event which was slated on May 13-20 and reset to June due to the pandemic but it’s possible that two slots for the Philippines may open up because of the ranking system. IOC Task Force for Boxing chairman Morinari Watanabe and IOC head of NOC (National Olympic Committee) Engagement Lenny Abbey.
Published February 15, 2021, 5:24 PM
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Tokyo Olympics hopeful Nesthy Petecio calls her best friend, the one she trusts whether they do something serious or funny, the person she wants to take care of her baby – if the time comes.
But that one person is gone now. Gone too soon.
Alexcel Dargantes, 24, passed away Saturday evening, the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) announced Monday. She was a member of the ABAP women’s team from 2013-2017.
Petecio, who has been in the training camp bubble in Laguna since last month, expressed her pain and sorrow in Facebook posts since Saturday, as well as her stories of friendship with Dargantes.
Published January 2, 2021, 1:26 PM
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has been working double time to send Olympic hopefuls and qualifiers to a training camp in Thailand in the midst of the pandemic.
ABAP secretary general Ed Picson said if things fall into place, select Filipino boxers including Olympic-bound Irish Magno would train for two months at a facility in Muaklek, a two-hour drive from Bangkok starting in February.
“Our counterparts there are working feverishly to make this happen,” Picson told
Manila Bulletin, adding that they got an offer from the Thailand Boxing Federation last November.
He said the original plan was to send the PH squad last December, but they were faced with challenges in working on Thailand’s stringent requirements on travel protocols due to the pandemic.