Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Nitu (48kg) struck gold on the 73rd Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria by notching up totally complete victories of their respective finals on Sunday.
Nitu prevailed 5-0 over Italy’s Erika Prisciandaro, a former youth world championship bronze-medallist. Zareen, then again, outpunched Ukraine’s Tetiana Kob, a three-time European Championships medallist 4-1.
While Nitu produced an exquisite counter-attacking efficiency by taking full benefit of her longer attain and taller body, Zareen was engaged in a draining and messy bout which had its justifiable share of clinching, holding and even some tumbling over within the ring.
The Hyderabad-based Zareen, who’s a multiple-time nationwide medallist, had gained a gold medal on the Strandja Memorial’s 2019 version as nicely. Nitu is a two-time former youth world champion and can also be a former gold-medallist on the Asian youth championships.
2️nd GOLD for #Nikhat wraps up 73rd #StrandjaBoxingTournament2022 in model for India@nikhat_zareen wins GOLD🥇 after defeating ‘s Ok.Tetiana 4️⃣-1️⃣ within the ultimate of 52 kg occasion
Great going Champ
Heartiest congratulations #PunchMeinHaiDum#boxing #IndianSports activities pic.twitter.com/WBM0DDEtuw— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) February 27, 2022
The 21-year-old hails from Haryana’s famed cradle of Indian boxing, Bhiwani’s Dhanana village. The teenager was launched to boxing by her father, who took a three-year go away with out pay from his state authorities job to assist her get teaching in her formative days.
He finally rejoined work in Chandigarh when she began doing nicely on the worldwide degree. India gained two medals within the final version with Deepak Kumar and Naveen Boora securing silver and bronze respectively.
The efficiency of the lads’s squad was underwhelming this time with not one of the seven in fray managing to enter the medal rounds.
In all, the event featured over 450 boxers from 36 international locations, together with conventional powerhouses comparable to Kazakhstan, Italy, Russia, France and Ukraine, the place Russia launched a army operation on Thursday regardless of international enchantment for restraint.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
