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(OCT 17) Championships will be the
biggest in its history after a totaThe 5th edition of the AIBA
Women's World Championships will be the biggest in its history after
a total of 208* boxers from 44 federations registered to participate
in this year's tournament which will run from November 22-30 in
Ningbo City, China following the passing of the entry deadline on
Wednesday.
USA, India, China & Russia lead the entries with full teams of 13
boxers each while other countries to have entered include Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Cameroon, Canada, Czech Republic, Chinese
Taipei, Denmark, DPR Korea, Egypt, France, Gambia, Greece, Hong
Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jamaica, Kazakhstan,
Korea, Latvia, Mozambique, Mongolia, Norway, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Romania, Switzerland, Sri
Lanka, Serbia, Sweden, Sierra Leone, Turkey, Thailand, Uzbekistan,
Vietnam and Tajikistan.
The AIBA Women's World Championships, which features bouts of three
rounds of two minutes across 13 weight categories (46kg, 48kg, 50kg,
52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 86kg) will
open with preliminaries on November 22 before the semifinals and
finals take place on November 29 and 30 respectively.
The previous highest participation for an AIBA Women's World
Championships, which started in 2001, was in 2002 when 185 athletes
from 31 countries competed in Antalya, Turkey.
*All boxers will undergo the customary medical check and weigh in on
the eve of the tournament in order to determine the exact number of
boxers who are eligible to compete.
Source: Press Release/AIBA
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