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<strong>Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated boxer Nikhat Zareen who won the gold medal at the Women&#39;s World Championship in the 52 kg category after convincingly defeating Thailand&#39;s Jitpong Jutamas in a brilliant final at Istanbul in Turkey on Thursday.</strong></p>
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&quot;Our boxers have made us proud! Congratulations to Nikhat Zareen for a fantastic Gold medal win at the Women&#39;s World Boxing Championship,&quot; tweeted PM Modi last night.&nbsp;</p>
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Our boxers have made us proud! Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/nikhat_zareen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nikhat_zareen</a> for a fantastic Gold medal win at the Women&#39;s World Boxing Championship. I also congratulate Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda for their Bronze medals in the same competition. <a href="https://t.co/dP7p59zQoS">pic.twitter.com/dP7p59zQoS</a></p>
&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1527338558184312832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Prime Minister also congratulated Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda for winning bronze medals at the same event.</p>
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Nikhat joined the ranks of her compatriots Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha KC to make India proud of a fabulous five gold-winning women&#39;s list at the World Championships. The victory is also India&#39;s first gold medal since boxing great Mary Kom won the title in 2018.</p>
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The 25-year-old Nikhat, a former junior youth world champion, used both brain and brawn to outclass her quick-footed Thai opponent and bring home the gold medal for India.</p>
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Nikhat won the first round convincingly with her aggressive punching. However, the Thai boxer fought back to win the second round in a close 3-2 contest.</p>
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Nikhat then went all out in the final round and was at her aggressive best to clinch a 5-0 unanimous decision in her favour.</p>
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The Nizamabad (Telangana)-born boxer became the only fifth Indian woman to secure gold medal at the World Boxing Championships after record six-time champion Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (2006).</p>
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Nikhat got off to a lively start and hit some sharp punches to quickly take the upper hand in the opening three minutes against confident Jutamas, who came into the match defeating the three-time World Championships medallist Kazakhstan&#39;s Zhaina Shekerbekova.</p>
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The 25-year-old Indian took full advantage of her long reach and maintained her dominance against the Thai boxer, whom she had beaten in the 2019 Thailand Open semi-final; the only meeting between the two, enr oute her silver medal finish.</p>
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However, Jutamas tried to fight back in the second round with a counter-attacking display but hardly managed to cause any trouble for the swift-moving Nikhat, who looked in complete control.</p>
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Heartiest congratulations to Nikhat Zareen for the gold medal at Women&rsquo;s World Boxing Championship. The nation is proud of her. I am confident that her success will motivate our youth, especially girls to realise their dreams. I wish she continues bringing laurels to the country.</p>
&mdash; President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) <a href="https://twitter.com/rashtrapatibhvn/status/1527423951189819394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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With Manisha (57kg) and Parveen (63kg) signing off with bronze medals after their semi-finals finish, Indian contingent concluded its campaign with three medals at the world&#39;s biggest boxing event, which witnessed exciting competition in presence of record 310 boxers from 73 countries and also marked the 20th anniversary of the Women&#39;s World Championships.</p>
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<strong>Also Read: India&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/culture-news/india-s-nikhit-zareen-wins-gold-at-women-s-world-boxing-championship-to-make-it-fab-five-172178.html">Nikhit Zareen wins Gold at Women&rsquo;s World Boxing Championship to make it Fab Five&nbsp;</a></strong></p>
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