World champion boxer Nikhat Zareen is an avid fan of Bollywood famous person Salman Khan. In May, after successful the gold at World Boxing Championship, Nikhat, in an interview to NDTV had mentioned: “Logo ka bhai hoga, woh toh meri jaan hai. Salman, I am his huge fan. It’s my dream to meet him. My dream is to first win the Olympic medal and then go directly to Mumbai and meet Salman Khan.” The famous person additionally responded to the video. “Congratzz on this gold Nikhat… @nikhat_zareen,” wrote Salman on Twitter. Now the duo has created an Insta reel that has gone viral. In the video, they are often seen dancing to the track ‘Saathiya yeh tune kya kiya’ from Salman’s 1991 film ‘Love’.

“Finallyyyyy intezar khatam hua #fanmoment #whennikhatmetsalman #dreamcometrue #salmankhan,” Nikhat captioned the video.

Commonwealth Games mild flyweight champion Nikhat Zareen will proceed to ply her commerce in 50kg weight categorytill the 2024 Paris Olympics. For the CWG, Zareen dropped down from 52kg, by which she received the world championship in May to 50kg to evaluate how her physique adapts to the decrease weight class.

“I prefer losing weight and boxing in lower weight categories, so I will continue in this category,” Zareen informed PTI in an interplay.

In the absence of her most well-liked 52kg weight division within the Paris Olympics, the 26-year-old is dealing with with a dilemma of both transferring all the way down to 50kg or climbing as much as 54kg.

Congratzz on this gold Nikhat … @nikhat_zareen https://t.co/1H45kV78Jm

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) May 20, 2022

However, after her dominant show on the CWG that noticed her successful the gold in her maiden look, it appears that evidently the 2019 Asian Championships bronze medallist is comfortable together with her new weight class.

“It’s (the win) very important for me as it has come in a new category. I had to work harder for this to cut down two kilograms and at the same time not letting up the speed and power,” she mentioned.

“The competition here was not close to the one I had at the World Championships. But for me, it was a new experience for me (weight category). I was confident of doing well. But you never know how it pans out in the ring.” Having change into a family title after her spectacular World Championship win, the expectations on Zareen to return with a gold medal from Birmingham have been excessive.

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“There were a lot of expectations on me after winning the World Championships, no doubt about that.”

With PTI inputs

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