Though Coronavirus has affected the preparations of most sportspersons, it has helped India's promising boxer, Ananta Chopade spend quality time with his parents after almost six years. Chopade, 21, who won gold at the President's Cup in Indonesia where he beat Afghanistan's Rahmani Ramish 5-0 in the 52kg flyweight final last July, returned to his village Savna in Vidarbha, two weeks ago as his national camp at Patiala got cancelled.'

"We have to obey government guidelines and avoid public places; it's in everyone's interest. So, I returned to my village. Due to camps or competitions, I hardly spend a day or two with my parents here and this is the first time in six years that I am with my parents for 15 days," Chopade told mid-day over the phone from Savna on Sunday.