Official weigh-in for boxing pushed back at Commonwealth Games
Published:Tuesday | October 5, 2010 | 9:52 AM
The official weigh-in for the boxing competition at the Commonwealth Games has been put back until today after complaints the test scales were faulty.
Australia raised concerns over the official scales after one of their fighters was deemed overweight.
Several boxers were left shedding weight to reach desired categories.
Australian spokesman John Gatfield says the boxers went to the sauna trying to lose weight and when they came back weighed more than the last reading.
The scales will be recalibrated for the weigh-in to take place on the morning of the opening bouts.
Jamaica’s boxers Philip Bowes and Jovan Young will be in action today.
The build-up to the Delhi Games was hit by infrastructure failures, a dengue fever outbreak, security fears after a tourist shooting and a collapsed pedestrian footbridge near the main stadium.