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India’s Nikhat Zareen wins gold at Women’s World Boxing Championships

India's Nikhat Zareen wins gold at Women's World Boxing Championships
India’s Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the 52kg category at the Women’s World Championship with a unanimous decision win over Jitpong Jutamas of Thailand in the fly-weight final in Istanbul on Thursday. 

India’s Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the 52kg category at the Women’s World Championship with a unanimous decision win over Jitpong Jutamas of Thailand in the fly-weight final in Istanbul on Thursday. 

Nikhat became only the fifth Indian women’s boxer after Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha KC to win a gold at the World Championships.

This is India’s first gold medal in four years. Six-time champion Mary Kom (48kg) had won the last title in 2018.

The 25-year-old Hyderabad pugilist has been in stellar form this year.

She became the first Indian woman boxer to claim two gold medals at the prestigious Strandja Memorial in February.

“Winning a medal at the world’s is always a dream and Nikhat could achieve it so early is extremely commendable. We, at BFI, are proud that our boxers have not only made all of us proud but each of their boxing journeys is inspiring for the upcoming generations,” BFI President Ajay Singh said.

“On behalf of the Boxing Federation of India, I congratulate Nikhat and bronze medal winners Parveen and Manisha as well as the coaches and support staff for this achievement. Our eight boxers qualified for the quarter-finals which was joint most and shows the strength of Indian boxing,” he added.

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