India’s campaign to Start off with Boxing in World Military Games

India is going to start its campaign with boxing in the ongoing World Military Games on Saturday. India is going to participate in nine sports events in the competition. During the last time back in 2015, India ended up winning six medals at the South Korea edition.

India’s campaign to Start off with Boxing in World Military Games

India’s Sandeep Kumar will face Uzbekistan’s Rasulov Jakhongir in the preliminary men’s light welter category (60-64kg). While in the preliminary men’s super-heavy category (plus 91kg) Satish Kumar will lock horns with Brazil’s Nascimento Cosme. In the men’s fly category (49-52kg), Amit will face Brazil’s, Andrade Douglas. In the men’s light category (56-60), Aman Indora will take on Uzbekistan’s Abdurasulov Shunkor. Harsh Lakhra will face China’s Zhou di in the men’s light heavy category (75-81kg).

About 54 participants selected from three wings of the Indian armed forces will be taking part in the nine-day long 7th CISM Military World Games, which were inaugurated by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan on Friday.

The nine-game events that will take place are archery, boxing, diving, modern pentathlon, shooting, track and field, gymnastics, wrestling, and tennis.

India has taken part in three editions of the military games in 2007, 2011 and 2015 so far which is being hoped to increase its medal count in the current games.

Meanwhile, India had hosted the 4th edition of the games in Hyderabad in 2007 with 101 nations participating in the event. This time China is going to host the Military World Games, also known as Military Olympics, for the first time. Reportedly, the theme for the 7th Military World Games is ‘Military Glory and Peace’.

The event will be held at 35 venues, out of which13 have been newly built while 17 have been reconstructed using sites formerly operated by the city and local universities, and five are temporary facilities.

The main venue is the city endowed with rich water resources, China’s Wuhan, with 166 large and small lakes dotting its territory. Hoping to promote the great lakes and rivers, all 35 venues of the games are allocated to be held in four zones, adjacent to local waters.