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![It has been a sensational rise to greatness for Nizamabad’s very own World Champion Nikhat Zareen, who defeated Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong with a unanimous 5-0 scoreline to bag the gold medal at the IBA Women’s Boxing World Championship in Istanbul. The Indian pugilist was in fine form as she won gold medal at the Strandja Memorial in February and now she has backed it of with a big result at the World Championship. With the gold medal around her neck, Zareen joins the esteemed company of some of the former World Champions including the superstar MC Mary Kom. However, Nikhat is clear that this lays the path for her to achieve the Olympic dream in Paris in a couple of years’ time. "I'm happy and feeling really emotional that I've won the gold medal for my country. I will now do my best to fulfil my dream of winning an Olympic medal," she said after winning the Gold medal. The final match against Jutamas Jitpong looked like a very close bout as Nikhat smashed the first round but the Thai boxer came back in the second round with a split decision. So all eyes were on Nikhat Zareen to come out all guns blazing in the third round and that’s what she did. She highlighted how she wanted to win with a unanimous call as split decisions are often risky and can go in anyone’s favour. Her attitude in the World Championship is such that she likes to dominate her opponents as she has won all her matches with unanimous calls. "I just wanted to give my best and win by unanimous decision. A split decision can go either way, so I did not want to take the chance. The idea was to win the first two rounds by unanimous decision and then take it a little easy in the third round. [But since she won the second round by split decision] I had to go all out in the third round,” the Telangana pugilist added. Nikhat Zareen currently competes in the 52kg category which is non Olympic category as she aims to get down to 50kg category and prepare for the Paris Olympics. She feels that going down by a couple of kilograms won't be a huge factor for her in comparison to boxers who are trying to gain weight and go up the weight category ladder. "It is a little hard [to change weight categories] as there are differences in each category. You are at a disadvantage if you go from a lower category to a higher one as most boxers drop weight before events to make the cut and you'd be facing stronger boxers." "But if I go to 50kg, it won't make that big of a difference because my current weight is at 51kg and I'll only have to drop a little bit of weight. I will continue in the 50kg category if my body responds well," she explained.](https://bd.dafanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nikhat-Zareen-min-1-350x260.jpg "World Champion pugilist Nikhat Zareen now shifts her focus towards the Paris Olympics")
World Champion pugilist Nikhat Zareen now shifts her focus towards the Paris Olympics
May 20, 2022
It has been a sensational rise to greatness for Nizamabad’s very own World Champion Nikhat Zareen, who defeated Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong with a unanimous 5-0 scoreline to bag the gold medal a... Read More
Nikhat Zareen storms into the finals, Manisha and Parveen falls in the semifinals settling for bronze medals at the World Championships
May 19, 2022
Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen storms into the finals as she beats Brazil’s Caroline De Almeida in the 52kg category semi-finals of the 12th IBA Women’s Boxing World Championship. While Nikhat Z... Read More
Indian Women’s Hockey team’s emphasis on fitness and recovery ahead of the FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup
May 13, 2022
The Indian Women’s Hockey team is all set to fight it out in the FIH Women’s World Cup which is scheduled in Netherlands and Spain and set to begin on 1st July 2022. The core members of the Ind... Read More
Hockey India selects a 20-member team for the Hockey Men’s Asian Cup
May 10, 2022
The Men’s Asian Cup is fast approaching and therefore Hockey India have announced the 20-team member Men’s team for the continental crown. The tournament is scheduled in Jakarta, Indonesia. The... Read More
Indian ace sprinter Dutee Chand to announce her retirement after the 2024 Paris Olympics
May 5, 2022
Indian ace sprinter Dutee Chand shocks everyone as she announces that it is time for her to hang her boots. However, she ain’t going anywhere until the 2024 Paris Olympics as she wants to... Read More
Indian Junior Women’s team goalkeeper Bichu Devi has moved on from World Cup disappointment as she gets a chance in the senior probables
May 3, 2022
The Indian Junior Women’s hockey team had a sensational run at the Junior World Cup until they were defeated by England in the third/fourth decider. The regulation time ended with a 2-2 scoreli... Read More
Tokyo Olympian shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar credits the Khelo India Games for his growth and participation at the Summer Games
May 2, 2022
Olympian shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar was an unknown name when he first participated at the Khelo India University Games three years ago. Then there in the 10m Air Rifle category, the youngste... Read More
Indian Women’s Hockey team head coach Janneke Schopman focused on building physical robustness ahead of the Hockey World Cup
April 29, 2022
The Indian Women’s Hockey team are gearing up for the FIH Hockey World Cup that will be held in the Netherlands and Spain. There is a lot of anticipation and expectation from the Indian W... Read More
Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen confident as she believes in her abilities ahead of the Asian and Commonwealth Games
April 28, 2022
Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen will feature at the Asian Games with the aspirations of winning a medal. The 25-year-old has recently shared that she has worked on her technique a lot and has bec... Read More
Indian hockey teams return to national camp at SAI Centre in Bengaluru
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The core probables of the Indian Hockey team for the men’s and women’s team, Junior Women, India ‘A’ Men and India ‘A’ Women – will return to the National Coaching Camp at the SAI C... Read More
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