India’s Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal at Women’s World Boxing Championships, defeating Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in 52kg last
India’s Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the 52kg classification at the Female’s World Boxing Championship with a sway Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in the fly-weight final in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday. Nikhat thus ends up being just the 5th Indian women’s fighter after Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha KC to win a gold at the Globe Championships. The 25-year-old Zareen is a former junior youth world champ. Against her Thai opponent in the final, Nikhat fought with radiance and earned the gold medal. The courts racked up the round 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28 in the Indian’s favour.
Zareen was in top type as she used her technological acumen as well as covered to court well to outwit her nimble-footed challenger. Nikhat took care of to thrill all the judges in the preliminary as she landed far more strikes than the Thai fighter. The second round was tighter and also Jitpong secured it 3-2. Needing to get simply one judge on her side in the last round, Nikhat went done in and also slammed the door on her opponent to eventually videotape a 5-0 unanimous choice in her favour.
The Nizamabad (Telangana)-born boxer came to be the only 5th Indian female to protect gold medal at the World Boxing Championships after document six-time champion Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 as well as 2018), Sarita Devi (2006 ), Jenny RL (2006) as well as Lekha KC (2006 ).
It was also India’s initial gold medal considering that boxing fantastic Mary Kom won it in 2018.
Nikhat left to a lively begin and also hit some sharp strikes to swiftly take the advantage in the opening up 3 minutes against certain Jutamas, who entered the suit beating the three-time Globe Championships medallist Kazakhstan’s Zhaina Shekerbekova.
The 25-year-old Indian made the most of her long reach and also preserved her dominance against the Thai boxer, whom she had actually beaten in the 2019 Thailand Open semi-final– the only conference between both, enroute her silver medal coating.
Nonetheless, Jutamas attempted to eliminate back in the second round with a counter-attacking display screen however hardly handled to cause any type of problem for the swift-moving Nikhat, who looked in total control.
Striking straight and also clear punches, strength verified to be an essential factor as Nikhat tossed care to the wind in the last round and also maintained striking non-stop prior to protecting the gold rather easily.
“Winning a medal at the globe’s is always a desire and also Nikhat can attain it so early is incredibly extensive. We, at BFI, are honored that our fighters have not just made everybody proud but each of their boxing journeys is motivating for the upcoming generations,” BFI Head of state Ajay Singh stated.
“On behalf of the Boxing Federation of India, I congratulate Nikhat and also bronze medal victors Parveen and Manisha as well as the coaches and also sustain staff for this accomplishment. Our 8 fighters qualified for the quarter-finals which was joint most and also reveals the stamina of Indian boxing,” he included.
With Manisha (57kg) and also Parveen (63kg) signing off with bronze medals after their semi-finals complete, Indian section concluded its project with three medals at the globe’s biggest boxing event, which witnessed interesting competitors in presence of record 310 fighters from 73 countries and likewise marked the 20th anniversary of the Female’s Globe Championships.
Out of 12 getting involved Indian boxers, eight made it to the quarter-finals in this year’s competition– the joint greatest together with Turkey.
With the enhancement of 3 medals in Istanbul, India’s total medal tally has increased to 39, including 10 gold, 8 silver and 21 bronze, in the 12 versions of the prestigious event– 3rd highest after Russia (60) as well as China (50 ).
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Last Updated: 20 May 2022
