Having made it to the Indian staff for the World Boxing Championships, Nikhat Zareen believes that she heads to Liverpool, England, with a renewed sense of perception in her skill to bag yet one more medal on the worldwide stage.
“I’m looking forward to being back on the international scene after a long time. Everyone wants me to perform well there, win a medal and make the country proud. However, more than them, I want to bring back that old Nikhat Zareen who used to win medals at the World Championship. I want to bring back that old Nikhat who has that hunger to win medals at the Worlds,” she informed The Hindu.
Nikhat will compete in her most popular 51kg class at the inaugural version of the occasion, which is being performed by World Boxing, the newly fashioned worldwide governing physique for the game.
The 28-year-old returns to the Indian nationwide setup for the primary time for the reason that 2024 Paris Olympics after a powerful present at the Elite girls’s boxing event held right here earlier this month. She, nevertheless, pulled out of the ultimate citing harm.
Self-belief
A two-time gold medallist at the World Championships (Istanbul 2022 and New Delhi 2023), Nikhat reiterated that she was able to placing unhealthy type behind her and bringing glory to India as soon as once more.
“Sometimes it [defeat] happens. It was not in my destiny, maybe. I don’t want to underestimate myself or say that I’m not good enough to win an Olympic medal. I will keep pushing myself no matter what.”
“Not everyone can win a World Championship gold medal, not just once, but twice. I’m still that Nikhat Zareen who has the hunger to achieve and make the country proud. I’m happy that I’m finally back in the national team, and the focus is now on just winning the medal,” she added.
