Boxing has been Olympic sports programme since 1904. A special team of the International Olympic Committee will be responsible for the organization and operation of the Tokyo Olympic boxing qualifier and the official competition.
Xinhua News Agency, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 26 (reporter Ji Ye, Prince Jiang) the 134th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 26th decided to retain boxing as the status of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games competition, at the same time, the International Boxing Federation was disqualified from running the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The members of the International Olympic Committee unanimously agreed to pass the previous proposal of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee, and also expressed concern about the current turmoil of the International Boxing Federation and the future of boxing events in the Olympic Games.
Boxing has been Olympic sports programme since 1904. A special team of the International Olympic Committee will be responsible for the organization and operation of the Tokyo Olympic boxing qualifier and the official competition. This project will have 286 seats in total in the Tokyo Olympic Games, distributed among 8 men’s small items and 5 women’s small items.
In Last November, Uzbekistan tycoon rasimov was elected president of the International Boxing Federation, and the International Olympic Committee immediately launched an investigation into the International Boxing Federation. Rasimov was previously accused by the United States of having links with organized criminal groups. He was also banned by Australia and Britain from participating in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. Rasimov resigned as chairman of the International Boxing Federation in March this year.
The above suggestions made by the IOC executive committee last month were made after the relevant survey results were released.