Official Weighing And Boxing Competition

Australian Journal landscape problem after one of their fighters had been overweight.Several boxers shedding weight to get the desired categories.

Australian spokesman John Gatfield said: “I went to the sauna trying to lose weight, and weighed more when they returned the previous reading . Recalibration of the scales and weigh the morning is the opening game.

Gatfield said: ” There were a lot of chaos and decided to have a second weigh in the morning, it was really ridiculous,” one of Australia due to the boxers to fight in the category of 102 kg was found that three kilograms overweight.

“He has difficulty reaching more than 102 kg back in Australia, but weighed 105 kg here,” said Gatfield. “Maybe something wrong with the official scales, too.”

However, competition manager Lenni Range denied that there was a problem with the scales, saying: “.. all that noise is created by teams that are overweight boxers scales are perfect team” England lost the dispute boxers Talkatora Stadium.

The official weigh-in for the competition has been reset for today, just a few hours before the start of the tournament.

The faulty scales were the latest setback to hit New Delhi’s hosting of the Commonwealth Games. Participating countries earlier threatened to boycott the games due to construction delays and poorly-built facilities. An attack on tourists and a dengue outbreak in the city added to the country’s hosting woes.

Coaches and competitors from participating countries abandoned the official weigh-in for the boxing competition on Monday, saying that the weighing scales were faulty.

Coaches demanded officials to adjust or use a new set of scales after several boxers weighed over the limit.

“There was a massive brawl between coaches and officials. One of our boxers, Jason Maloney, weighed in and found he was a fraction over. He went to the sauna and came back and it showed he was a half a kilogram over,” Australian boxing team official John Gatfield said.

Australia’s assistant coach Don Abnett echoed Gatfield’s sentiments, saying that organisers should fix the glitches immediately.

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