![]() We do have a full-time psychologist with the team but we will try to assess what more can be done. “What I am seeing is that there is talent but we need to be mentally stronger. Singh said the focus for him after the Games would be to ensure better mental support to the boxers. I am going to back this bunch because even when they win, they are taking a hit on their faces and bodies.” “Criticism is welcome but let’s not crucify people. The boxers and coaches tested positive as well. ![]() “Now you would say it was same for others too, fair enough but we had a very, very deadly second wave too. “We had to ultimately send them abroad because as per the SOP here, they couldn’t even spar with each other because of the health safety protocols and we can’t question that, the cases were simply too high. Their rhythm was broken by the lockdowns, the momentum was affected. “I am very confident that had this group competed in the Olympics as scheduled last year, results would have been much better. These very men and coaching staff have given us unparalleled achievements, do we ignore all of it for one underwhelming result?” he asked. “Postmortems can wait until after we are through with the campaign but I am not in favour of knee jerk reactions. So it has been a mixed bag but look at the upside, we got a medal after nine years and it can get better,” he added. “Then Mary (Kom) lost by the narrowest of margins (in her pre-quarters). I feel particularly bad about the defeats of (an injured) Vikas (Krishan) and Amit,” Singh said in a telephonic conversation from Tokyo, there to assess the campaign. Only three men had made it to the main draw back then. ![]() India did not win a medal at the 2016 Olympics where none of the female boxers from the country could even qualify. Handed tricky draws, the men, however, could log just one win – through debutant super heavyweight Satish Kumar – while world no 1 Amit Panghal (52kg) was among those who lost in the opening round. An unprecedented nine Indian boxers – five men and four women – made the cut for the shopwiece with Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) securing the lone medal, India’s first in nine years, by advancing to the semifinals. There will be greater focus on making Indian boxers mentally stronger for high-pressure events like the Olympics, Boxing Federation of India President Ajay Singh told PTI. Bihar officials to visit Tamil Nadu amid spread of fake news about attacks on migrant workers.When smartphones have great cameras, why are Gen Z-ers buying old point-and-shoot models?.‘Taj: Divided by Blood’ review: A swords-and-scandal Mughal soap opera.ICC World Test Championship standings: Australia book their place in final, India made to wait.Simran interview: ‘My hard work in the South has paid off’.Watch: Singer Benny Dayal gets hit by a drone camera during live performance in Tamil Nadu.Watch: Archaeologists discover a hidden corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. ![]() Why did Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata build the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay?.Why the BJP is struggling to expand its footprint in Meghalaya.Hindu monks calling for violence against India’s minorities are betraying their sacred vows.‘Can’t leave it to kids’: Saurabh Shukla and Johny Lever recreate scene from ‘Pathaan’.Why thousands of people who thought they were British could lose their citizenship. ![]()
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