He is just back from winning the biggest medal of his career but Indian boxer Kavinder Singh Bisht is still a slightly disappointed man. If I don't compete for my state, it won't matter to them what I achieve," he added. An athlete who doesn't represent the state in national competitions will not get any rewards from the state. I enquired once after the World Championships in 2017 when I made the quarterfinals on debut and I was told about the policy. "So, I am glad that I would be competing in a slightly higher weight in the World Championships (in September in Russia)," he added.

Source: dna April 30, 2019 13:18 UTC