Mary Kom beats Nikhat Zareen to represent India in 2020 Olympic qualifiers
First Published: 28th December, 2019 16:02 IST
Mary Kom defeated Nikhat Zareen on Saturday in the finals of the ongoing Women’s Boxing Olympic trials in the 51 kg weight category at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. The six-time
Mary Kom defeated Nikhat Zareen on Saturday in the finals of the ongoing Women’s Boxing Olympic trials in the 51 kg weight category at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.
The six-time world champion defeated Zareen 9-1 in the much-talked-about bout.
In the 51 kg category, Kom defeated her opponent Ritu Grewal in a unanimous decision while Zareen too outclassed her opponent Jyoti in a unanimous decision on Friday.
The trials for the women boxers are underway and will conclude today while the men’s trials will take place from December 29 to 30.
Earlier, Zareen had demanded a ‘fair chance’ to contest the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers. On October 17, Zareen had written to the Sports Ministry challenging the Boxing Federation of India’s (BFI) decision to accommodate world champion Kom by changing its rule of exempting gold and silver medalists from the World Cup.
Kom had won a bronze in the 51kg semi-final at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in Ulan-Ude in Russia losing out to Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey on October 12 this year.
(ANI)
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