India lost the women’s 57kg quota place as boxer Parveen Hooda, who qualified for the Games by securing a bronze medal in the Hangzhou Asian Games last October, was handed a 22-month backdated suspension from Friday for ‘whereabouts’ failure.
As the quota place is allotted to the athlete in boxing, India would field another boxer in 57kg in the second World boxing qualifier starting in Bangkok on May 24.
“India can only field a boxer who is already registered as reserve for the qualifiers before April 11, 2024, which means that only two boxers, named as reserved in 60kg and 66kg categories, are eligible to compete in Bangkok,” said a BFI statement.
