Nikhat Zareen advances to Round of 16 in women’s 50kg boxing at Paris Olympics

Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen made her Olympic debut with a win over Germany’s Maxi Carina Kloetzer in the women’s 50kg division in the Round of 32 at the Paris Olympics at the North Paris Arena on July 28.

She secured a win by points verdict, with the judges ruling 5-0 in her favour. She will face top-seeded Chinese Wu Yu, a World champion [52kg], in the next round on Thursday at 2.30 pm IST.

Zareen, a two-time world champion, had missed out on representing India at Tokyo 2020 after losing the trials to Mary Kom.

Since then, Zareen has won two boxing world titles, a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medal at the Asian Games last year.