The problem for the Telangana boxer was once to scale back her weight from 52 to 50 kg on the World Championships, which is a weight class that is a part of the Asian Games and Olympic programme. Nikhat took up the problem and it was once glaring from her come upon with Carly McNall of Northern Ireland. They registered a large 5-0 victory over the opponent within the ultimate. Nikhat had to plan in opposition to his opponent after he clashed with McNall all over a coaching camp with the Northern Ireland nationwide crew simply prior to coming to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.
Nikhat acknowledged, “The coaching camp in Northern Ireland gave me an concept to take in this opponent, as I’ve now not performed on this weight class prior to and feature by no means fought any of those boxers. I want to thank the Boxing Federation of India, Sports Authority of India and the Sports Ministry for arranging the camp. This is Nikhat’s first gold on the Commonwealth Games, his first look within the event.
She may now not qualify for the Games in 2018 as she misplaced the rigors to MC Mary Kom. Nikhat ruled from the primary spherical, successful 10 issues every from the 5 judges. She was once absolute best in the second one spherical as smartly and maintained her momentum within the 3rd and ultimate spherical as smartly, securing an excellent victory. Nikhat on Sunday changed into the 3rd Indian boxer to win a gold medal, equaling India’s very best efficiency when it comes to gold within the boxing ring because the Commonwealth Games 2018.
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