Leaders of the Cape Verde Olympic Committee and Cape Verdean Boxing Federation have met ©COC

Leaders of the Cape Verde Olympic Committee (COC) have met new Cape Verdean Boxing Federation President Manuel Monteiro to discuss cooperation and boxing development.

COC President Filomena Fortes - an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member - and director general Raul Duarte Soulé welcomed Monteiro to the COC headquarters in capital city Praia. 

The COC leaders expressed a willingness to work together and highlighted how Olympic Solidarity grants could still be accessed by boxers, despite the IOC having suspended its recognition of the International Boxing Association.

Monteiro was elected President in August, and accompanied on the visit to COC headquarters by fellow boxing official Guilherme Mendonça.

Cape Verde's Daniel Varela de Pina competed in the men's flyweight division at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images
Cape Verde's Daniel Varela de Pina competed in the men's flyweight division at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images

One boxer from Cape Verde, Daniel Varela de Pina, qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The flyweight lost to Rio 2016 champion Shakhobidin Zoirov from Uzbekistan in his first bout.

Six Cape Verdean athletes appeared at Tokyo 2020 in all, across five sports.