New windows on the calendar have been announced for the three remaining boxing qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after the coronavirus pandemic led to them being further postponed.
The decision to exclude the International Boxing Association (AIBA) from involvement in Tokyo 2020 has resulted in a "hefty price", an official has claimed after six people reportedly tested positive for coronavirus at the European qualifier.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Boxing Taskforce (BTF) has today decided to suspend the current European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in London and the subsequent Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament and World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which were due to take place in May.
The Asian and Oceania boxing qualifying event for this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo will now be held in Amman in Jordan, it was announced today.
Scoring will be displayed publicly at the end of each round during next year's Olympic Games boxing tournament in Tokyo, it was revealed today.
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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