A 10-member new-look team, which included two Asian youth medallists, was to travel to Halle, Germany tonight for the 44th edition of the tournament.
But the plan was thrown haywire after their visas could not come through.
"The visas could not come because we got to know quite late that the applications for Schengen visas are now supposed to be filed from the region to which you belong. We were used to a centralised process which could be done from Delhi," Boxing Federation of India (BFI) President Ajay Singh told PTI.
Singh said the boxers, who were sent back from the national capital today, will soon be sent to compete in another tournament.
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"The boys who were selected for this tournament will be sent for another event very soon, in fact, in the next fortnight itself. They should not feel disheartened, we are already in talks for a couple of invitational tournaments in the next 20 days," he asserted.
The Asian youth silver-medallists in the team were Ankush Dahiya (60kg) and Reyal Puri (81kg).
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