Boxing nurse Arisa Tsubata s Olympic dream crushed by COVID-19 Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Arisa Tsubata practices at a gym inside the Tokyo psychiatric clinic where she works on April 19. | KIM KYUNG-HOON / REUTERS
REUTERS May 15, 2021
Arisa Tsubata had been training around her work shifts as a nurse for over a year to prepare for an Olympic boxing qualifier in hopes of making it to the Tokyo Games this summer.
That dream was shattered after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) canceled the qualifier scheduled to take place in June and said it would allocate spots to athletes based on their world rankings in recent years.
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By Ju-min Park and Kim Kyung Hoon
TOKYO (Reuters) â Japanese nurse Arisa Tsubata has trained around her work shifts for over a year to prepare for a final Olympic boxing qualifier in the hope of making it to the Tokyo Games this summer.
That dream was shattered after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled the boxing qualifier due to take place in June and said it would allocate spots to athletes based on their world rankings in recent years.
The change in criteria has effectively shut the door on many Olympic hopefuls such as Tsubata, whose rankings are not good enough to earn them an automatic qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Other qualifying competitions for the Olympics have also been cancelled.
Sayama, Japan Photography by Kim Kyung-Hoon. Reporting by Ju-min Park.
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Japanese nurse Arisa Tsubata has trained around her work shifts for over a year to prepare for a final Olympic boxing qualifier in the hope of making it to the Tokyo Games this summer.
That dream was shattered after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled the boxing qualifier due to take place in June and said it would allocate spots to athletes based on their world rankings in recent years.
19 Apr 2021. Tokyo, Japan. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon Tsubata trains with Yuki Yamashita, the head doctor of The Life Support Clinic and a Karate practitioner, during a morning training session at the gym inside the psychiatric clinic.