Not only has the Olympic Oath been updated, at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the number of oath-takers will be extended from three to six – two athletes, two coaches and two judges. This is in line with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee’s drive towards gender equality as it
In 2012, the dream for amateur female boxers finally came to actuality when 36 elite female amateur boxers were included in the Summer Olympics in London. WBAN celebrated this huge breakthrough for the sport and featured the daily events that took place as they happened. [WBAN’s Olympic 2012 website wban2012.com]. At that time we first
WBAN has received an update in regards to the AIBA. They have now overturned the result of Bout #142 in the men’s boxing competition at the 2012 Olympics in London. Read the following: London, Great Britain, 04 August 2012 – After reviewing the video of Bout #142 involving Welterweights (69kg) Krishan Vikas (India) and Errol
Copyrighted: Jagran Post LONDON – The man who lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to give women’s boxing its Games debut in has backed the 36 pioneer female fighters to impress at London 2012. And Dr Wu Ching-Kuo, president of the International Association of Amateur Boxing (AIBA), expects them to perform so well that their
[by Julie Goldsticker] The path to gold was set on Friday for the 12 members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team at the official event draw on Friday at the ExCel Centre in London. The brackets in the 13 Olympic weight classes were drawn in front of representatives from all of the participating nations.
[by Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing] Four new assistant coaches have been nominated to the United States Olympic Committee to join Head Coach Basheer Abdullah (Colorado Springs, Colo.) at the 2012 Olympic Games. The four assistant coaches who will complete the Olympic staff are: Anthony Chase (Marietta, Ga.), Christy Halbert (Nashville, Tenn.), Charles Leverette (Fountain, Colo.) and
In a media teleconference, originating from Colorado Springs, USA Boxing introduced Queen Underwood as the newest addition to the 2012 Olympic female boxing squad. Underwood, who will compete as a lightweight, joins flyweight Marlen Esparaza and middleweight Claressa Shields on the three woman US squad that will compete in London in July. The Seattle
[by Michael O’Neill] The AIBA have re-confirmed that there will be but 2 seeded boxers in each of the three Women’s weight divisions at the 30th Olympiad in London later this Summer. 49-51kg : Flyweight: 1. Cancan Ren (China) 2. Nicola Adams (GB) 60kg: Lightweight: 1. Katie Taylor (Ireland) 2. Sofya Ochigava (Russia) 75kg: Middleweight:
[by Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing] USA Boxing’s elite women traveled north to Cornwall, Ontario, Canada on Sunday morning following a week-long training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The squad spent the week in Colorado preparing for the 2012 Women’s Continental Championships, April 4-7 at the NAV Centre in Cornwall. The
Big HISTORICAL ISSUE that was raised prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London—-Were female boxers going to have to wear skirts! On February 25, 2012, WBAN posted this article – It has now been determined by the AIBA that the women boxers can now choose to wear a skirt. What now? Are female amateur