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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Uganda\u2019s already thin squad at the 1st World Olympic Qualifiers in Busto Arsizio, Italy suffered the least expected loss after shafick Mawanda was eliminated by means of a walkover against Singapore\u2019s Teo Wei Xuan on Sunday evening.<\/b><\/p>\n

The youngster failed to report to the ring in time for the Men’s 51kg Round of 64 Preliminaries, almost ending his chances of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n

This was Mawanda\u2019s second shot at qualification after impressing on his international debut before losing in the quarterfinals of the African Qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal last September.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Yusuf Nkobeza also lost to Romania\u2019s Andrei Aradoaie 5-0 in the Men\u2019s 80kg Round of 64 Preliminaries yesterday, leaving team captain Joshua Tukamuhebwa and Emily Nakalema, the only woman on the team, in contention for Paris.<\/p>\n

But who is to blame for Mawanda\u2019s misfortune? Uganda Boxing Federation boss Moses Muhangi, attributed it to lack of a team manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe absence of officials and team management for the Bombers in the Italy Olympics qualifiers start to bite, hence Uganda Bombers first loss as Mawanda Shafic loses by walkover…Just because he failed to reach the competition venue on time. Hard luck team Uganda,\u201d Muhangi wrote in the federation\u2019s WhatsApp media group Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

But two coaches for four boxers is almost a luxury, by Ugandan standards. And Bombers\u2019 head coach Twaibu Mayanja, blamed the incident on their late arrival in Busto Arsizio. Due to visa issues, they had a stop in Rwanda, which was never in plan, before they reached Italy on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mistake was neither the boxer\u2019s nor the coaches\u2019. We had travel disruptions and we arrived late in Italy,\u201d Mayanja, who is assisted by Nicholas Buule, told Daily Monitor via WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we missed the technical meeting. And after the weigh-in in the morning, we boarded the bus back to the hotel, waiting for our bout at 1pm (3pm Ugandan Time). By 12:30pm we were ready for the bus to the arena. After a long wait the drivers told us that the buses were to ferry only those fighting in the second session, but those in the first session (like Mawanda) were supposed to stay at the arena. That\u2019s communication we missed for not attending the technical meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to International Boxing Association (IBA) technical rules, a technical meeting is where the technical delegate presents competition details and other relevant content to team officials. And team officials mean the members of the team delegation, except the boxers.<\/p>\n

Rule 6.4 stipulates that the team manager and the team doctor of each team delegation must attend the mandatory sport entries check, but in their absence, the head coach \u201cmust replace them.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is why Mawanda\u2019s plight was avoidable\u2014with or without a team manager\u2014if only Team Uganda had arrived in time.<\/p>\n

But such confusion was inevitable. The Uganda Olympic Committee, on behalf of the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit and the National Council of Sports did a shoddy job in the preps. There were no selection trials, no preparatory training and lots of visa and travel delays.<\/p>\n

Olympic qualifiers <\/b>
\nResults <\/b>
\nMen’s 51kg Round of 64<\/b><\/p>\n

Teo Wei Xuan WO. Shafick Mawanda<\/p>\n

Men’s 80kg Round of 64<\/b><\/p>\n

Andrei Aradoaie 5-0 Yusuf Nkobeza (80kg)<\/p>\n

Ugandan squad <\/b><\/p>\n

Shafick Mawanda (51kg), Joshua Tukamuhebwa (63.5kg), Emily Nakalema (66kg), Yusuf Nkobeza (80kg) Twaib Mayanja (head coach), Nicholas Buule (assistant coach)<\/p>\n

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