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Beijing Olympic Games may feature women's boxing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-07 09:08
NANJING, September 6 (Xinhua) -- Women's boxing may be staged at the 2008
Beijing Olympics, said an official at the Chinese 10th national games here on
Tuesday.
"Women's boxing should be part of the 2008 Olympics games," said Shen
Zhigang, vice director of the Chinese boxing federation.
Shen told Xinhua that World Boxing Council had already got a promise from IOC
(International Olympic Committee) president Jacques Rogge who supported the idea
of accepting women's boxing as a part of Olympics.
"Anwar Chowdhry, the president of IBA (International Boxing Association) told
me that the IOC and IBA in principle had agreed to admit women's boxing in the
next Olympiad," said Shen.
"The issue of how to promote the women's boxing being accepted by Olympics
will be discussed in the World Boxing Council's meeting to be held in Spain in
October," added Shen.
According to Shen, Women's boxing came up in China in 1987, as some sports
schools in Shen Yang, a northeast city in China, began to feature boxing class
for female students.
"Chinese women boxers have won several gold medals in international arena
during the past several years as more and more girls got interests in this
game," said Shen.
Shen will lead the Chinese women's boxing team to the fourth international
women's boxing championship to be held in Russia in September.
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