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Copper Box Arena London 14 GETTING TO THE VENUE Underground/Overground Station, Shoreditch High Stratford Station (Jubilee, Street Station and Liverpool Central, Overground and DLR) is Street Station. the largest nearby station and a 20-minute walk from the venue. All these forms of transport are operated by TfL and therefore Hackney Wick (Overground) contactless and Oyster card is the closest rail station to the payment is accepted. Copper Box Arena (0.4 miles) and Visit the TfL website to is an estimated 10-minute walk. plan your journey via TfL’s transport network. COPPER BOX ARENA LONDON Stratford International (DLR) is also in close proximity (0.5 Car 14 - 24 MARCH 2020 miles) and will take around 12 The closest car park can be Underground station minutes to reach the arena from found at Stratford Westfield Overground station the station. Kings Cross and St Car Park (0.5 miles) which is an DLR station Pancras are just 7 minutes from 11-minute walk to the event. National rail station Stratford International by train. Bus station This car park is made up of Bus three separate parks with Entrance points Bus stop The 388 bus service will drop around 4,500 spaces available. you off on Waterden Road (0.1 All are open 24/7 for exit Venue parking miles) which is a four-minute purposes, however only Car Blue badge parking walk from the arena. Parks A and B are open 24/7 Information point for entry. The cost of parking Toilet The service runs between on this site can be found on the Changing places toilet Stratford City Bus station and Westfield website, along with Accessible facilities including step-free London Bridge Bus Station and any other information you access and toilets stops include Cambridge Heath may require. IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1 Access 3 Security 4 Food and drink 6 Coronavirus The venue has accessible No unauthorised persons are NO food or drink is permitted In light of the Coronavirus seating and toilets. permitted to enter field of play. to be brought into the Copper situation, there will be an Box Arena. increased number of hand Lifts, ramps and slopes Musical instruments, horns sanitisers available for use are available. and hooters are prohibited. Spectators can buy food and throughout the venue. drink at the venue. 2 WiFi Foul, abusive or racial language The health and wellbeing of Free WiFi is available across the or any forms of anti-social There are also numerous spectators and everyone at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. behaviour is not permitted restaurants and cafes at the event is very important and we and may lead to prosecution. nearby Westfield Stratford urge anyone that has a ticket or Sign into the Park’s free WiFi and shopping centre. is intending to attend the event select from the list of available Prohibited items: to follow the advice from Public networks. You will then be asked Any illegal items 5 Venue opening hours (public) Health England which is updated to provide your name and email Fireworks daily and is available at address as part of a short Smoke cannisters Sat 14 11:30-15:30, 17:15-21:30 www.nhs.uk/conditions/ registration process. Bottles/Glasses/Cans Sun 15 11:30-16:00, 17:15-22:00 coronavirus-covid-19 Flags/Banners/Poles Mon 16 11:30-16:00, 17:15-22:00 Tue 17 11:30-16:00, 17:15-22:00 Animals will not be permitted Wed 18 11:30-15:30 BOXINGROADTOTOKYOLONDON.ORG unless advance written Thu 19 11:30-15:30, 17:15-21:30 permission has been given. Fri 20 11:30-16:00, 17:15-22:00 There is an exception for police, Sat 21 12:30-15:30, 17:15-21:00 security and guide dogs. Sun 22 12:30-15:45, 17:15-21:30 Mon 23 17:15-21:30 The venue operates a no Tue 24 17:15-21:30 smoking policy, including e-cigarettes. BOXING ROAD TO TOKYO LONDON 14 - 24 MARCH 2020 COMPETITIONSCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE SCHEDULE TWO RING SETUP SINGLE RING SETUP KEY TO THE SCHEDULE DETAILS WOMEN’S WEIGHT CLASSES MEN’S WEIGHT CLASSES DETAILS WOMEN’S WEIGHT CLASSES MEN’S WEIGHT CLASSES The competition schedule for the SESSION DATE STATUS START RING 51 57 60 69 75 52 57 63 69 75 81 91 91+ SESSION DATE STATUS START RING 51 57 60 69 75 52 57 63 69 75 81 91 91+ tournament is detailed in the table opposite, where the different stages of the BX 12:00 A QFs 12:00 A Q Q competition are colour coded as follows: 10 THU BX PRELIM 19/03 01 BX Round of 64 12:00 B QFs 18:00 A Q Q SAT 11 Round of 32 14/03 18:00 A BX QFs 12:00 A Round of 16 Q Q Q Q 12 FRI BX PRELIM 20/03 Quarter Finals (QFs) 02 BX 18:00 B QFs 18:00 A Q Q Q Box-off 13 Semi-Finals (SFs) BX 12:00 A SFs 13:00 A 14 SAT Finals BX PRELIM 21/03 03 SFs + BX 12:00 B BOX-OFFS 18:00 A Q Q Q There will be between 10 and 15 bouts in SUN 15 15/03 every session of boxing. Where there is a BX FINALS + 18:00 A BOX-OFFS 13:00 A Q Q letter Q on the schedule, it means there 16 SUN BX PRELIM will be bouts in that session when the 22/03 04 BX FINALS, winning boxer will secure qualification for 18:00 B SFs + 18:00 A Q 17 BOX-OFFS the Olympics. MON 12:00 A BX SFs 18:00 A 18 23/03 BX PRELIM 05 TUE FINALS OLYMPIC BOXING FACTS 12:00 B BX + W69 18:00 A 24/03 Q MON 19 BOX-OFFS 16/03 18:00 A Q Q At London 2012, BX Nicola Adams became PRELIM the first woman in Despite being 06 history to win an unbeaten as a 18:00 B Olympic gold medal professional boxer, Q Q in boxing when she Floyd Mayweather had defeated Ren Cancan to settle for a bronze medal at the 1996 of China to win the 12:00 A flyweight category Olympics in Atlanta BX PRELIM 07 12:00 B TUE Amir Khan was 17 17/03 At London 2012, Team when he won silver GB finished top of the 18:00 A in the lightweight Q boxing medal table category at the BX with three gold medals 2004 Olympic PRELIM for Anthony Joshua, Games in Athens 08 Luke Campbell and 18:00 B Nicola Adams, silver for Q Fred Evans and bronze for Anthony Ogogo 12:00 A BX WED Muhammad Ali won PRELIM a gold medal in the 09 18/03 light-heavyweight 12:00 B division at the 1964 Olympic Games Team GB has won a medal in the super-heavyweight category at the last three Olympic Games Famous boxers that won gold medals at the Olympic Games include Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, Vladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua.
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