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For more than one year, Indian boxers in the 2010 Commonwealth Games camp have been training the the wushu hall at National Institute of Sports, Patiala. The players were practicing at the wushu hall due to the ongoing construction work at the boxing hall and on Thursday, Indian campers got a chance to train at the newly built boxing hall at NIS. The hall consists of three boxing rings along with running and practice area and is fully air-conditioned, a need which most of the Indian boxers have been emphasising upon.
"We are delighted to get an opportunity to train in a fully air-conditioned hall. Conditions in India are mostly above normal temperature and the hall will give us an opportunity to train in world class facilities. We have been demanding this hall from the past one year and we are happy that the training for 2010 Commonwealth Games will take place in this hall," said Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Vijender after a practice camp held at the new hall. After the revised list of the boxers for the Commonwealth Games training camp, 48 boxers will take part in the camp including Beijing Olympics quarter-finalist Akhil Kumar, Asian champion Suranjoy Singh and Commonwealth champion Jai Bhagwan. The 48 boxers took part in a three-hour long training session at the new boxing hall and trained with national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu and other coaches.
"It feels good to see the new boxing hall. We wanted to train here ahead of the Commonwealth Games and now we have got it, I am sure all the boxers will leave no stone unturned in their preparation for the tournament. It will be good for young boxers as they will get a chance to train in world class infrastructure and we are happy to start the practice at the new facility from today, ' said Akhil. The Indian Boxing Federation on Thursday released a list of all the 48 boxers who will form a part of the 2010 Commonwealth Games training group and all the boxers were present during the camp on Thursday. National Coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu was of the view that the boxers will benefit a lot from such facilities and it will also be good for the new boxers, who have joined the camp.
"We always wanted such kind of infrastructure and we will avail all the benefits of this new facility. Our boxers are at par with world standards and they deserve world standard infrastructure. Most of the youngsters will be motivated to train at such facility and I am sure that we will fetch more and more medals in the coming future," said Sandhu.
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