Indian athletes expressed their elation at being honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his or her superlative displaying at Birmingham Commonwealth Games with Nikhat Zareen gifting him her boxing gloves and sprinter Hima Das giving the traditional Assamese gamcha.
Star paddler Sharath Kamal and world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen have been named India’s flagbearers in the course of the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Monday.
The indomitable Nikhat Zareen added a Commonwealth Games gentle flyweight (50kg) title to her bulging trophy cupboard whereas Amit Panghal (51kg) started his redemption journey with a much-needed gold profitable present and Nitu Ghanghas lorded the ring in her girls’s 48kg last.
Handling “mental pressure” at the best degree is one thing Indian athletes lack, in accordance to reigning world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen, who feels a specialised coaching must be given to overcome this hurdle at big-ticket occasions. Indian athletes generally tend to carry out properly at common occasions however falter at the big stage just … Read more
Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain on Saturday sealed their berths within the Indian crew for the Commonwealth Games with dominating wins within the choice trials right here. While Nikhat, the two-time Strandja Memorial gold medallist, blanked Haryana’s Minakshi through a 7-0 unanimous resolution, Lovlina out-classed Railways Pooja by an … Read more
Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain on Saturday sealed their berths within the Indian workforce for the Commonwealth Games with dominating wins within the choice trials.