Indian Boxers MC Mary Kom, Lovlina Borgohain Get Their First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain COVID vaccine:  Indian boxers MC Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

This was at the Command Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra. “Alongside the duo, four members from the coaching and support staff team also received their first jab of the vaccine,” the Boxing Federation of India stated.

Lovlina Borgohain, MC Mary Kom and a few other boxers are training at ASI camp

Both Lovlina Borgohain and MC Mary Kom are training at the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune. The training camp was approved by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and will go on till July. Both the boxers will be representing India at the Tokyo Olympics this year.

Lovlina Borgohain has been undergoing training at the camp for a month now, whereas Mary Kom joined them there on May 5.

Another boxer named Simranjit Kaur who will also be competing in the Tokyo Olympics. She will also start her training at the camp as soon as she completes her COVID-19 post-recovery isolation.

However, boxer Pooja Rani will be undergoing her training sessions at the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellary. She too has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

All the boxers have been divided into three groups, with two sparring partners for each person. This has been done in order to reduce the risk of infection.

Earlier, the training of the female boxers got disrupted, after 21 participants of the national camp in New Delhi, including High Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco and head coach Mohammed Ali Qamar tested positive for COVID-19. This happened at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on April 14 this year.

Both Bergamasco and Qamar have now recovered from COVID-19.

Many other boxers are currently training at the camp in Pune. This includes Arundhati Choudhary, Manju Rani, Sonia Lather, etc.