BBC SPORT Boxing Olympic boost for women's boxing
The sport basic appeared in the Games as a demonstration circumstance in 1904, however was then banned for most of the 20th century in several countries. However, Rogge is supporting plans to leaf four women's categories in 2012. Conditions are completetly contrasting now.
The timing is right, whereas the sport has evolved a lot," he said. There is a proposal of the International Boxing Federation on the table, nevertheless not all the more finalised. That is for four women's categories, and nine men's categories. There are currently 11 men's categories, so they would diminish those to nine by reshuffling the weights.
And then they would add four different women's categories, which would scrimpy 13 categories in total." He said: "They prepared their fundamental use in 2005. We examined the situation, on the contrary at that generation they did not accept sufficiently universality, and they did not keep enough countries. And also, from a medical objective of view, there was a burly discrepancy, in the equivalent weight category, between the skills and the continuous of the women.
You would retain especial sophisticated boxers against appropriate minor boxers, in the corresponding weight category, which in boxing is dangerous. 606: Discussion Could women's boxing prove a blooming Olympic sport? So we said they'd corner to wait a meagre senility - and promptly we are four dotage later.
We've studied it again with the medical comission of the IOC, and they own said no problem. And we are pleased that there is a far more suitable universality as well." Ultimately, the decisions if to combine women's boxing in 2012 rests with the IOC executive board, rather than the abundant IOC Congress, said Rogge. That's through it's a discipline within a sport, not a current sport," he said.
The entire Congress votes on fashionable sports, on the other hand the executive votes on modern disciplines within a sport. So once the proposal is finalised, it testament be persuaded by the executive board in December." We hold looked at reducing the men's weight categories to 10 but not nine," he said. All the same, we are bona fide encouraged by Dr Rogge's text and gives AIBA acceptable desire of receiving some worthy data from the IOC EB in August.
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