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Thai boxers at risk of missing Olympics

The Columbian
Published: July 3, 2011, 12:00am

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s boxers could miss next year’s Olympics because of a dispute over control of the country’s amateur boxing body.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has expelled the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand for failing to call fresh elections that AIBA had demanded by the end of June, having annulled the results of March’s poll when General Taweep Jantaroj was voted in as ABAT’s president.

AIBA has called for other Thai boxing bodies to take over ABAT’s role, and until the situation is resolved, no Thai boxers will be able to take part in AIBA tournaments, including the Olympics.

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