CWG-bound boxer Sagar Ahlawat’s preparatory trip to Ireland hit by visa issues | Commonwealth Games 2022 News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: CWG-bound super heavyweight men’s boxer Sagar Ahlawat’s trip to Northern Ireland to prepare for the Birmingham Games has been delayed due to visa issues, TOI has learnt.
Sagar, who was supposed to fly out to Belfast with the rest of the contingent members here on Sunday, is expected to join the team in a couple of days after the processing of his visa, a source informed.
It’s been learnt that when the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) had shared the list of boxers for the preparatory camp with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on July 1, the name of Sagar was missing from it.
“His name was only added on July 7 when it was sent by the BFI. The federation requested us to intervene and help with the visa. The initial process was initiated by the SAI through the sports ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday. He will get his visa on Monday,” the source added.
It will be the first time that the 20-year-old from Dhandlan village in Haryana will be donning the India colors and enter the ring at an international event in his promising career. In the CWG trials, Sagar had defeated his idol Satish Kumar and then beat national champion Narender to book his ticket to Birmingham.
The rest of the boxing contingent members left for Jordanstown in Northern Ireland on Sunday for a two-week long multi-national preparatory camp. The team will travel to Birmingham straight from its training base on July 24.
An 11-member women’s squad, including world champion Nikhat Zareen and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain, and a 15-member men’s team comprising Gold Coast CWG silver medallist Amit Panghal will participate in the camp from July 10-24.
Squad:
Women’s: Nitu (48kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Jaismine Lamboria (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (70kg)
Men’s: Amit Panghal (51kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Rohit Tokas (67kg), Sumit (75kg), Ashish Kumar (80kg), Sanjeet (92kg) and Sagar Ahlawat (+92kg)
Sagar, who was supposed to fly out to Belfast with the rest of the contingent members here on Sunday, is expected to join the team in a couple of days after the processing of his visa, a source informed.
It’s been learnt that when the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) had shared the list of boxers for the preparatory camp with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on July 1, the name of Sagar was missing from it.
“His name was only added on July 7 when it was sent by the BFI. The federation requested us to intervene and help with the visa. The initial process was initiated by the SAI through the sports ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday. He will get his visa on Monday,” the source added.
It will be the first time that the 20-year-old from Dhandlan village in Haryana will be donning the India colors and enter the ring at an international event in his promising career. In the CWG trials, Sagar had defeated his idol Satish Kumar and then beat national champion Narender to book his ticket to Birmingham.
The rest of the boxing contingent members left for Jordanstown in Northern Ireland on Sunday for a two-week long multi-national preparatory camp. The team will travel to Birmingham straight from its training base on July 24.
An 11-member women’s squad, including world champion Nikhat Zareen and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain, and a 15-member men’s team comprising Gold Coast CWG silver medallist Amit Panghal will participate in the camp from July 10-24.
Squad:
Women’s: Nitu (48kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Jaismine Lamboria (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (70kg)
Men’s: Amit Panghal (51kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Rohit Tokas (67kg), Sumit (75kg), Ashish Kumar (80kg), Sanjeet (92kg) and Sagar Ahlawat (+92kg)
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