India, March 25 -- Tokyo Olympian Simranjit Kaur made a comeback to the ring at the recently held National Games in Dehradun. The 29-year-old, one of India's finest boxers in lightweight class, said she had all but quit the sport due to less competitions coming her way. The boxer also felt sidelined due to BFI's erstwhile selection policy that preferred younger boxers.

Simranjit was part of the national camp but it was young Jaismine Lamoboria, the Commonwealth Games medallist, who was picked for the Asian Games - a Paris Olympics qualifier. Jaismine eventually qualified in 57kg from the world qualification tournament. Selection during the regime of former high-performance director Bernard Dunne was based on assessment of the boxers at t...