249 boxers will compete at Paris 2024 identified at the end of the qualification period

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Some 249 boxers – 125 men and 124 women – will take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as they qualified for the mega-event from around 2,000 participants who took part in the various qualifying competitions, the International Olympic Committee (CIO) was informed of this on Thursday.

The Paris 2024 Boxing Unit (PBU) reported on Thursday to the Executive Board (EC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the success of the qualification program as part of an update on the qualification pathway and the Olympic boxing tournament. The PBU is organizing the event because the IOC withdrew recognition from the International Boxing Association (IBA) and withdrew its right to organize competitions at the Paris Olympic Games.

The IOC Executive Board was also informed that the final quota places were won during the second World Qualification Tournament which concluded in Bangkok, Thailand, earlier this month.

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A total of 51 of the remaining Paris 2024 Olympic quota places (23 for women and 28 for men) were allocated in 13 Olympic boxing weight categories (6 for women and 7 for men) in the indoor stadium from Bangkok, the IOC said in a press release. release Thursday.

The EC was also informed that the PBU has put in place all necessary measures to ensure the integrity of boxing tournaments for all boxers at the Paris Olympic Games. The IOC had organized the boxing competitions Tokyo Olympics Also.

More than 2,000 boxers from 172 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the Refugee Olympic Team, as well as individual neutral athletes (former Russian and Belarusian players) took part in the Boxing Road to Paris qualifying series, totaling 2 115 fights spread over seven tournaments on five continents in two. years.

During this event, a total of 239 quota places were allocated. Nine universality places are to be confirmed at a later date, and one additional place will be allocated to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, completing the list of 249 boxers who will participate in the Paris 2024 boxing tournament.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games boxing tournament will take place from July 27 to August 10 and will include 13 different weight categories (7 men and 6 women). The tournament will take place across two venues: the preliminary stages and first semi-finals will take place at the North Paris Arena from July 27 to August 4, while the final stages of the tournament, including all gold medal matches , will take place at the Stade Roland-Garros from August 6 to 10.

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