22-year-old Nitu Ghangas lives in Haryana’s Bhiwani district, a area recognized for producing a quantity of Indian boxers, together with Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh
Nitu has been within the information, bagging a gold medal within the 48 kg class on the 2023 Women’s Boxing World Championships in New Delhi final month
Nitu’s journey to the ring was not a simple one
While Nitu was initially not within the sport, it was her father, Jai Bhagwan, who pushed her to take it up
He even went on ‘leave without pay’ from his job on the Haryana Vidhan Sabha to accompany Nitu to the boxing academy
In 2019, Nitu suffered a shoulder damage which she feared would finish her profession
But she got here again to the ring after therapy in Chennai for a month
Nitu’s coach, Jagdish Singh, who has been on the Bhiwani Boxing Club since 2003, describes her as a “shy” woman.
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