(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) – Als die Boxer des USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Teams in Colorado Springs ankamen, Colorado. Diese Woche betraten sie eine neue Trainingsanlage mit etwas mehr als sechs Monaten bis zu den Olympischen Spielen in Tokio 2020, und noch weniger Zeit für ihre Qualifikationsturniere.
Aufgrund der anhaltenden COVID-19-Pandemie, USA Boxsportler durften nicht in der nationalen Boxhalle des United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center trainieren (USOPTC) seit März 2020 und mussten weiterhin Anpassungen an ihren Trainingsplänen vornehmen, Dazu gehörte die Ausbildung im französischen Nationalen Ausbildungszentrum in Paris 2020.
Nachdem ihnen gesagt wurde, dass sie nicht anfangen dürften 2021 beim USOPTC, Die Mitarbeiter des Trainers und des nationalen Büros mussten ein neues Zuhause finden, um mit den letzten Vorbereitungen für die Qualifikationsturniere im Mai und Juni zu beginnen.
„Nachdem ich den größten Teil ausgegeben habe 2020 Wir warten darauf, wieder in unser nationales Fitnessstudio im Colorado Springs OPTC aufgenommen zu werden, it was time that we took matters into our own hands and established a training space that can properly accommodate our team’s training needs,” said Matt Johnson, USA Boxing High Performance Director.
USA Boxing ended 2020 and the beginning of 2021 moving all equipment, which included four boxing rings, numerous heavy bags and strength and conditioning equipment, from their gym at the USOPTC to an abandoned department store in a mall in Colorado Springs to hold training camps, while housing the boxers and coaching staff at the nearby Hotel Eleganté.
“We are able to continue to move forward in this COVID environment by applying multi-layer protection protocols, pre-travel testing, mandatory mask wearing, social distancing, regular cleaning, regular rapid antigen testing, daily health surveys and follow up PRC pool testing, as well as provide a top notch training facility in our temporary facility, which we are greatly thankful for John Bushman, owner of Hotel Eleganté and the training facility, to help provide these opportunities to our boxers,” stated Mike McAtee, USA Boxing Executive Director.
“The training facility and environment we have created has greatly reduced the risk to our boxers and coaches. USA Boxing strives to fulfill our stated mission to our boxers, ‘… (bis) inspire the tireless pursuit of Olympic gold and enable our boxers and coaches to achieve sustained competitive excellence…’ in the face of a worldwide pandemic.”
The first training camp of 2021 began Jan. 14 and will run until Feb. 18, before the boxers head to Bulgaria and Spain for international competitions. USA Boxing will hold the final training camp before the America’s Olympic Qualification Tournament at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, in Chula Vista, Calif., in another makeshift boxing gym, which held the final training camp of 2020 im November.
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