Nikhat Zareen Secures Olympic Quota, Assures India Of Medal At Asian Games
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Boxer Nikhat Zareen secured a Paris Olympics berth and assured herself of a medal as she cantered to the 50kg semifinals of the Asian Games
Two-time world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen secured a Paris Olympics berth and assured herself of a medal as she cantered to the 50kg semifinals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Fighting in her third bout of the tournament, Nikhat needed less than three minutes to notch a facile RSC (referee stops contest) win over Nassar Hanan of Jordan in the quarterfinal. The reigning Commonwealth Games champion set the tone of the bout early on with a sharp jab. Nikhat continued to dominate with a flurry of accurate combination punches.
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Such was her domination that the referee was forced to give the Jordanian pugilist three standing counts before calling off the contest.
World Championship bronze medallist Parveen managed to outplay local favourite Zichun Xu 5-0 to move to the quarters.
