Boxing, Olympics 2024: Sparring with rival and battling nerves – Nikhat Zareen eyes Paris podium
Back to her golden ways, the two-time World Champion is looking forward to fulfilling yet another dream at the Paris Olympics.
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It has been a long wait for Nikhat Zareen.
Since she secured the quota for 2024 Olympic Games at the Asian Games in October last year, the Telangana boxer has had her eye set on the biggest prize in her sport.
In line with being one of India’s best medal bets, the two-time World Champion has been putting in the hard yards and training hard to fulfil the expectations in July.
She boasts an impressive array of achievements, including World Championship victories in 2022 and 2023, a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2022, and a bronze medal at the Asian Games in 2023.
She carries a big reputation everywhere she goes. But with just over a month to go before her Olympic debut, she does admit that there is an element of nervousness.
“Just because I am now an experienced boxer does not mean I shouldn’t be getting nervous,” said Zareen in a virtual press conference facilitated by Sports Association of India, the Indian Olympic Association and the Boxing Federation of India on Wednesday.
“It’s my thing. I get nervous before every competition. If I don't get nervous, my body doesn’t work the way I want it to perform in the ring. When I’m nervous, my body works well and I'm...
