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Boxer fails to qualify for the Olympics Boxer fails to qualify for the Olympics
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Leemisa Thuseho
LESOTHO’S last-ditch effort to send boxers to the Olympics in July and August this year came to naught after the country’s top ranked boxer Arena Pakela came out fourth in continental rankings.
Pakela was Lesotho’s last hope for Olympics qualification in boxing after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Boxing Task Force (BTF) last month announced that boxing qualifications will be based on boxers’ world and continental rankings.
However, Pakela (75 kg) was ranked fourth on the continent on the list of yet to be qualified boxers in his weight range. Only top-ranked boxers can qualify through the method.
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Feb 24, 2021
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Boxing - Preliminary - Men s Fly (52kg) Round of 32 Bout 167 - Riocentro - Pavilion 6 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 13/08/2016. Achraf Kharroubi (MAR) of Morocco and Moroke Mokhotho (LES) of Lesotho compete. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
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Leemisa Thuseho
THERE is still hope for Lesotho boxers to qualify for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics despite the cancelling of the final qualifiers, national team coach Hopolang Mabele has said.
The qualifiers were originally scheduled for May 2020 in Paris but were postponed to June this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.