After successful gold medals within the Women’s World Boxing Championship in Turkey and Birmingham Commonwealth Games final 12 months, Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen’s subsequent goal is a medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Nizamabad (Telangana)-born boxer is just the fifth Indian lady to safe a gold medal on the World Boxing Championships after file six-time champion Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (2006).

“After the world championship there were a lot of distractions, events and felicitations and then we had a two-week training period in Ireland. My focus was always the gold medal and I was ready to sacrifice anything to get my hand on the gold. In fact, I want to win everything and the eventual goal has to be the Paris Olympics of 2024, ” stated Nikhat Zareen on Backstage with Boria Majumdar present.

The Indian pugilist needed to change her weight class whereas competing in Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. But the change of weight class made no distinction to her efficiency as she went on to bag a gold medal on the quadrennial occasion.

“I have finally got the chance of representing my country and I am not going to let this opportunity go. Having won the world championship gold and the gold medal in front of a packed audience in Birmingham at a weight category which was two kilos less than what I competed in the world championship I now have the confidence of doing well in big events. To lose weight and compete wasn’t easy,” defined Nikhat.

Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen has urged the mother and father to vary their mentality in direction of a woman little one and assist them in no matter they wish to do of their lives as she has herself introduced this alteration in her mom. Earlier was not in favour of a woman selecting up boxing as a occupation and now she urges mother and father to encourage their kids to select up boxing as a occupation.

The Nizamabad (Telangana)-born boxer is just the fifth Indian lady to safe a gold medal on the World Boxing Championships after file six-time champion Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (2006).

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