An emotional Nikhat Zareen dropped to her knees and cried after changing into solely the second girl boxer from India to win back-to-back gold medals on the prestigious IBA Boxing World Championships on the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Sunday.
She overcame the problem of two-time Asian champion Nguyen Thi Tam from Vietnam by a unanimous 5–0 margin to repeat her feat from the earlier version of the Boxing World Championships.
The 26-year-old boxer from Telangana had shifted from flyweight to mild flyweight for this yr’s event. But regardless of that change, she was livid, defeating high seed and defending African champion Roumessa Boualam, two-time World Championships bronze medalist Chuthmat Raksat and Rio Olympics bronze medalist Ingrid Valencia of Colombia to achieve the ultimate.
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“I’m extraordinarily blissful to be world champion for the second time, particularly in a distinct class. Today’s match was my hardest in the entire event and because it was the final match of the event, I needed to make use of all my vitality and depart all of it within the ring. It was a rollercoaster of a bout with each of us getting warnings in addition to eight counts and it was very shut. My technique within the ultimate spherical was to assault with full drive and I used to be very blissful when my hand was raised because the winner. This medal is for India and everybody who has supported us all through the event,” mentioned Nikhat after her bout.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
