Nikhat Zareen wins gold medal at Women's World Boxing Championships

Nikhat Zareen wins gold medal at Women's World Boxing Championships

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Category : Sports Published on: May 21 2022

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  • India's Nikhat Zareen won gold in the Boxing World Championships defeating Thailand's Jutamas Jitpong by an unanimous decision in the finals in Istanbul.
  • Highly-rated lightweight boxer Nikhat Zareen was India’s first ever representative in the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship.
  • Telangana native Zareen became only the fifth Indian female boxer to win gold at the World Championships.
  • Six-time world champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom is among the four other Indian women to have won gold at the elite competition, the most recent of those victories coming in 2018 in New Delhi. The other Indian winners are L Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha C.
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