Lovlina Borgohain, Shiva Thapa In Contention For Place In AIBA Athletes Committee

Olympic bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain and five-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa are in contention to be Asia's representatives in the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) athletes committee.

Olympic bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain and five-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa are in contention to be Asia's representatives in the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) athletes committee, which will be formed through voting during the world championships for men and women. The men's showpiece is currently in progress in Belgrade, where Thapa is competing in the 63.5kg category. The Assam boxer is a former bronze-winner at the event. The women's event is planned for December in Turkey and Borgohain will compete there after being picked for the squad on the basis of her Tokyo Olympics performance.

She has previously won two bronze medals in the marquee tournament. AIBA received 34 nominations from five confederations, of which 27 were found to be eligible by its ethics committee.

If any of the two Indians is elected, it would ensure the country's presence in the panel for a second successive time after veteran L Sarita Devi, a former world champion, made it unopposed in 2019 during the tenure of interim president Mohamed Moustahsane.

The Asian bloc's contenders include three women and four men. Borgohain will be challenged by North Korea's Pang Chol Mih, a former world champion and two-time Asian-medallist, and Kazakhstan's Nayzm Kyzaibay, a two-time world champion and the reigning Asian gold-medallist.