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ASTANA – The Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) women’s world championships opened May 19 in the capital. This year, the tournament’s already high status rose even further. In the rings inside Barys Arena, not only world championship medals, but licenses to participate in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, are contested.
Kazakhstan’s boxing team. Photo: aiba.org
Two hundred and eighty-five fighters from 67 countries are slated to participate. Each country could delegate up to 10 boxers, according to the number of weight categories. In each of the three …read more
Source: The Astana Times
