Five olympics

Hemanta Kumar Kalita: Five Olympics-bound Indian boxers will head to the Olympic Centre in Saarbrucken, Germany, for a month-long training camp starting from June 28 as part of their final preparations ahead of the Games.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit Panghal (51kg) will, however, continue to train at Sports Authority of India’s Shilaroo centre with his coaches and support staff from the national camp and will join the rest of the team in France, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) informed in a release on Wednesday.

Supported by REC Limited, a leading Maharatna Company under the Ministry of Power, the contingent boasting of the likes of world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), 2023 World Championships bronze medallist, Nishant Dev (71Kg) and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) along with Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) will train alongside the national squads of Ireland, USA, Mongolia, Germany and Denmark among others.