Africa-Press – Senegal. Senegal, host country of the African zone boxing qualifying tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (September 9-15), wishes to secure the maximum number of places, supported the president of the Legal and Disciplinary Commission of the Senegalese Boxing Federation, Youssoupha Sy.
“Our goal this time is to get the most qualifiers or at least have one who will qualify for Paris 2024,” he said during a press conference at the Dakar Arena. in Diamniadio.
»The best boxers have been selected and rigorously monitored by our technicians. For almost a year, we have been preparing for this event. We have put all the assets on our side to have qualified people,” he added.
Some 250 boxers from 43 African countries are expected in Dakar to take part in the qualifying boxing tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
« The boxers will have the latest cutting-edge equipment. We will set up two competition rings to Olympic standards with the same requirements as Paris 2024,” said the representative of Senegalese athletes at the Senegalese National Olympic and Sports Committee, Balla Dièye.
Senegal takes part in the competition with 13 boxers including six among girls in 13 categories. These athletes participated in the last 2023 African Boxing Championships in Yaoundé (July 28 – August 5).
Balla Dièye explained that for boys, “there are seven categories and the gold medal winner in each category qualifies directly for the Paris 2024 Games”.
Among the girls, he continued, the first two in each category qualify except for the under 75 kg where only the gold medalist wins the qualifying ticket.
Here is the complete list of Senegalese boxers in the tournament.
For men: Alphonse Mendy (71 kg), Abdou Rakhmane Ndiaye (57 kg), Pape Mamadou Sow (51 kg), Souleymane Diallo (63.5 kg), Seydina Mouhamed Konaté (80 kg), Karamba Kébé (92 kg) , Moustapha Diop (92 kg).
For girls: Dieynaba Diallo (50 kg), Maïmouna Ndong (54 kg), Mariétou Diallo (57 kg), Sagar Sy (60 kg), Awa Cheikh Mbaye (66 kg), Ndeye Seynabou Ndiaye (75 kg).
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