Seventy-one Asian boxers from fifteen nations have qualified for the Paris Olympics
The qualification process for the Paris Olympic Games has finished with the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event and all National Federations had three opportunities in each continent to earn spots for the event.
The Asian female and male boxers bagged altogether 71 quotas from 15 nations to the Paris Olympic Games out of the 240 licences. The Asian women boxers achieved 37 qualification places for the Paris Olympics and several of them are gold medal contenders.
The Central Asian region is one of the leaders in our sport, Uzbekistan has finally achieved 11 quotas in boxing. All of their seven male boxers qualified for the Paris Olympics and additionally record number of four women youngsters. Their oldest qualified female boxer is the Asian Champion Navbakhor Khamidova with the age of 23.
One of the boxing powerhouses, Kazakhstan claimed only two quotas in the Asian Games in Hangzhou but finally their boxers acquired 10 spots for the Paris Olympics. Their full male team like the Uzbeks, all qualified for the Games with three women boxers as well.
Thailand hosted the last qualification event in Bangkok and their boxers had six quotas before the competition. Two of their boxers still succeeded in the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event on home soil which means that Thailand claimed finally eight quotas which is their best performance since the Beijing 2008 edition.
China qualified seven boxers through the Asian Games and their Xu Zichun still managed for them an eighth quota in Bangkok. Her success at the featherweight (57kg) meant that China will have full women’s team in the Olympic Games.
Chinese Taipei returned to the Olympic boxing map with two boxers in 2016 which was increased up to four in the Tokyo Games. Their final performance in the qualification process is a record-breaking six quotas in boxing which is the country’s best ever result.
India had a few difficulties in the qualification process but finally six of their boxers qualified for the Paris Olympics, three from the Bangkok last chance event. Amit Panghal and Lovlina Borgohain both have qualified for their second Olympic Games after Tokyo.
The Philippines produced its best ever Olympic Games in Tokyo with two silver and bronze medals and their strong boxers achieved five quotas for Paris which is their best performance since the Atlanta 1996 edition.
Two promising nations such as Tajikistan and Jordan both qualified impressive number of three boxers for the Paris Olympics. Mizhgona Samadova is Tajikistan’s first qualified female boxer since the London 2012 edition when their Mavzuna Chorieva claimed a fantastic bronze medal.
Mongolia, South Korea, DPR Korea, Japan and Vietnam each qualified 2-2 boxers for the Olympic Games while Kyrgyzstan returns to the event with one boxer after 2016.
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