Amit Panghal, Akash Kumar and Vikas Krishnan in Asian Video games shortlist

Amit Panghal, Akash Kumar and Vikas Krishan are among the many huge names to make the shortlist of boxers for the Asian Video games.
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World championships medallists Amit Panghal (51kg), Akash Kumar (57kg) and Vikas Krishan (80kg) lived as much as their billing to make it to the shortlist of boxers for the Asian Video games, an Olympic qualifying occasion for Paris 2024.

Within the trials held at Patiala, the three reached the finals of their respective weight divisions to be eligible for the final stage of the choice — the place a boxer per weight class might be picked for the continental occasion after three weeks of evaluation and analysis by the coaches.

Whereas Amit caught to his previous weight, comeback males Akash and Vikas jumped to heavier classes for the Asian Video games. Akash took his Worlds bronze in 54kg, whereas Vikas competed within the Tokyo Olympics in 69kg in 2021.

Asian championships bronze medallist Sumit Kundu, who got here down from 75 to 71kg, former Asian champion Sanjeet (92kg) and Olympian Satish Kumar (+92kg) additionally cleared the trials stage.

Boxers who competed in final month’s Tashkent World championships, together with Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Nishant Dev (71kg), Ashish Kumar (80kg), Naveen Kumar (92kg) and Narender Berwal (+92kg), have been exempted from the trials.

Mohammad Hussamuddin, who bagged a Worlds bronze in 57kg, was dominated out after his left knee surgical procedure owing to an ACL tear throughout a quarterfinal bout in Tashkent.

A box-off between the dropping semifinalists, Rohit Mor and Sachin Siwach, on June 15 will discover Hussamuddin’s substitute.

In response to a group supply, Worlds bronze medallist Manish Kaushik, who couldn’t participate within the trials on account of sickness, will face Vijay Kumar, who didn’t get a battle, for the third boxer’s slot in 63.5kg.

The shortlist: 51kg: Deepak Bhoria, Amit Panghal, Barun Singh; 57kg: Akash Kumar, Sachin Siwach (Jr); 63.5kg: Shiva Thapa, Abinash Jamwal; 71kg: Nishant Dev, Nikhil Dubey, Sumit Kundu; 80kg: Ashish Kumar, Lakshay Chahar, Vikas Krishan; 92kg: Naveen Kumar, Sanjeet, Harsh Chaudhary; +92kg: Narender Berwal, Sagar Ahlawat, Satish Kumar.

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