Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Nitu Ghanghas, Saweety Boora Win Gold At Women’s World Boxing Championship!
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The Women’s World Boxing Championship was an event of immense pride for India as all four of our boxers, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora bagged gold medals in their respective weight categories. The finals were held in New Delhi on March 26. These wins are historic in their own way, and have boughten glory to the nation on such an esteemed international platform. Here are more details of the winners’ gameplay.
This is unprecedented in India's boxing history.
Indian women winning across categories in the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship.
Saweety Boora- Gold (81 kg)
Nitu Ghanghas- Gold (48 kg)
Nikhat Zareen- Gold (50 kg)
Lovlina Borgohain- Gold (75 kg) pic.twitter.com/C6ydnmLrOH— Anurag Shukla (@Anuraag_Shukla) March 26, 2023
Nikhat Zareen secured her title as the world champion for the second time in a row, and won a gold medal. She beat Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Tam with a score of 5-0 in the 50 KG weight category. Nikhat Zareen went on to script history as she is the first Indian after mary Kom to have won two gold medals at the Women’s World Boxing Championship.
2023 WORLD CHAMPION 🥇
Ecstatic. Humbled. Grateful 😇
Extremely special for me to start the year with my second gold medal at World Championships in front of the home crowd. Thankful for your prayers and support 🙏
India, this one is for you 🇮🇳#WWCHDelhi #WorldChampionships pic.twitter.com/9sDlmrkvuv— Nikhat Zareen (@nikhat_zareen) March 27, 2023
It was a special one for Lovlina Borgohain who won her first gold medal in the tournament. She went ahead to beat Australia’s Caitlin Anne Parker with a score of 5-2 in the 70-75 kg weight category. After bagging bronze in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the championship, this gold comes as a sweet victory for Lovlina!
Extremely happy to win my third medal at the World Boxing Championship. After winning two Bronze medals in a row, I am happy to convert the colour of my medal to Gold this year.
I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this beautiful journey.
Continued…. pic.twitter.com/VTX3Efa211
— Lovlina Borgohain (@LovlinaBorgohai) March 27, 2023
The 22-year-old Nitu Ghanghas scored a stellar win against Mongolia’s Lutsaikhan Altansetseg by not giving the latter any chance to score a point. Ghanghas won the gold medal with a score of 5-0 in the 48 kg weight category. Nitu bagged the medal in the minimum weight category at the tournament.
Knockout performance 🇮🇳🥊
Kudos to Nitu Ghanghas for bagging 🥇in the Women's Boxing World Championship. Truly inspirational! pic.twitter.com/RNUkWsdRCn
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) March 25, 2023
Saweety Boora also went ahead to win big at the Women’s World Boxing Championship as she bagged a gold! She won in the 81 kg weight category after beating China’s Wang Lina with a score of 4-3. Nitu and Saweety became the sixth and seventh Indian boxers, respectively, to win golds at the boxing championship!
Knockout performance 🇮🇳🥊
Kudos to Nitu Ghanghas for bagging 🥇in the Women's Boxing World Championship. Truly inspirational! pic.twitter.com/RNUkWsdRCn
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) March 25, 2023
Also read: India Celebrates As Nitu Ghanghas And Saweety Boora Triumph In World Boxing Championship Finals
We are extremely proud of Nikhat, Nitu, Lovlina and Saweety for their glorious wins!
