India's six-time world champion boxer Mary Kom has joined the national training camp as part of her preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Six-time world champion Mary Kom secured a place on India's boxing team for next year's Olympic qualification tournament with a comfortable victory over rival Nikhat Zareen in an eagerly-anticipated trial bout.
Six-time world champion Mary Kom will face Nikhat Zareen in a trial bout to decide India's flyweight representative in the women's event at the Asian boxing qualifier for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Mary Kom is at the centre of a row over India's selection for the Asian Olympic boxing qualifier for Tokyo 2020, after Nikhat Zareen demanded a trial bout against the six-time world champion.
Six-time world champion Mary Kom of India has criticised the result of her semi-final bout here at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships.
Mary Kom of India started her campaign for a seventh International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships title with a unanimous victory against Jutamas Jitpong of Thailand here.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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The coronavirus pandemic forced a near global shutdown of sport across the world, but sports governing bodies have staged successful events despite the COVID-19 crisis. Mike Rowbottom speaks to those who have been able to do so.
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