India boxing star Nikhat Zareen continued her successful streak to enter the semifinals on the Women’s World Championships. Along with Nikhat three different pugilists together with Lovlina Borgohain, Nitu Ghanghas, and Saweety Boora additionally superior into the SFs. They have confirmed at the least 4 medals for the nation.
Competing in a brand new weight class, Nikhat (50kg) defeated Thailand’s Chuthamat Raksat to register a 5-2 win and then Lovlina (75kg) progressed to the semis with a 5-0 win over Adosinda Rady Gramane of Mozambique. Commonwealth Games champion Nitu Ghanghas (48kg)Â
and the seasoned Saweety Boora (81kg) additionally moved to the following spherical.
For India, nevertheless, it was a roller-coaster day as the opposite 4 pugilists who made it to the quarterfinals – Sakshi Choudhary (52kg), Manisha Moun (57kg), Jaismine Lamboria (60kg) and Nupur Sheoran (+81kg) bowed out of the event.
While Sakshi misplaced to Yu Wu of China 0-5, Manisha was outplayed by a 1-4 margin by Amina Zidani of France. Like final yr, Jaismine faltered within the quarterfinal stage as soon as once more, falling 0-5 to Colombia’s Paola Valdez. Nupur went down combating to Lazzat Kungeibayeva of Kazakhstan 3-4 after a bout assessment.
Nikhat who will face Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia of Colombia within the semifinals stated, “I aimed to play from a long range but there was a lot of clinching so my body got a little tired. All the bouts I have had till now were powerful but for me, it’s been a good experience to keep moving forward and defeating them so hopefully I will keep moving forward like this and fight for my country.”
Lovlina, who has endured a tough patch since successful the Olympics bronze, has already bagged her third medal within the kitty. On the opposite hand, Saweety will tackle Emma-Sue Greentree of Australia in her subsequent bout.
The first Indian to take the ring, 22-year-old Nitu has received all three bouts within the event up to now by RSC verdicts. She will face final yr’s silver medallist Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan within the semis.
“I had to be careful and couldn’t be aggressive because she (Wada) was also a southpaw like me, but then towards the end (of the contest) I thought I could attack,” Nitu stated after the bout.
“The advantage of winning all my three bouts by RSC is that in the coming bouts, my opponents will be under pressure,” she stated.
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