Nikhat Zareen - players.bio

India's Full Schedule, Medal Events At Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2: Manu Bhaker, Archers Eye Glory

India's Schedule At Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2: The second day of the Paris Olympics medal events is a big one for India. Shooter Manu Bhaker will be competing in the 10m air pistol women's final. The women archers will be playing in the quarter-finals. Those two are the medal events for India on Sunday. Apart from that two big names - three big names - PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy (Badminton) and Nikhat Zareen (Boxing) will be in action. In archery, Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Deepika Kumari will be competing in the women's team event.

Manu Bhaker Eyes Gold In Paris Olympics: How To Watch 10m Air Pistol Final Live

India's top pistol shooter Manu Bhaker will go for gold in the Women's 10m Air Pistol Final while two-time medallist P.V Sindhu will open her campaign in the hunt for an unprecedented medal in third successive Games, on the second day of competitions in Paris on Sunday. While Manu Bhaker will take her first shot in the final scheduled to start at 15.30 IST on Sunday, two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen will open her campaign in the Women's 50kg boxing against Maxi Carina Kloetzer of Germany in a first-round bout scheduled at 15:50 IST.

Lovlina Borgohain To Nikhat Zareen: Know Your Indian Women Boxers At Olympics 2024

Four Indian women boxers will be fighting for glory at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In Tokyo 2020, Lovlina Borgohain was the only boxer to bring home a medal for India, winning bronze in the welterweight category. Lovlina will be competing in Paris again, but India's hopes also rest on another medal prospect. Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (women's 50kg) will be marking her Olympic debut in Paris. We bring you the profile of the four Indian women pugilists at the Summer Games.

Boxing At Olympics 2024: Nikhat Zareen "Ready To Pack A Punch", Handed Tough Draw

Indian boxer and current women's world champion Nikhat Zareen expressed her excitement for her Olympics debut, saying that she feels ready to "pack a punch and fulfill her dream" of a medal. Zareen will be the part of a star-studded boxing contingent at the Paris Olympics, her first ever. Taking to X, Zareen wrote, "Bonjour Paris! I've dreamt of this moment. Now that I'm here, let's make it unforgettable and win some hearts! Ready to pack a punch and fulfill my dream. Let's go! #Paris2024."

All Eyes On Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain As Boxers Open Olympic Campaign

World Championship medallists Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain and Nishant Dev will wade through draws that are at best tricky in their quest to achieve India's best Olympic medal tally in boxing when the competition kicks off in Paris on Saturday. Indian boxers have fetched three medals in the Olympics so far, all bronze. While Vijender Singh remains the only male to have achieved the feat back in the 2008 Beijing Games, women stars MC Mary Kom (London, 2012) and Borgohain (Tokyo, 2021) later added to the overall haul.

Olympics 2024: Full List Of All Indian Athletes And Disciplines At Paris Games

Paris Olympics 2024 is all set to kick off on July 26. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday announced that 117 athletes, including seven reserves, will be part of India's contingent at the Games. While stars like Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu, Nikhat Zareen, Mirabai Chanu and Vinesh Phogat will be seen competing at the mega event, big names like Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia -- who bagged silver and bronze medals respectively at Tokyo Olympics -- failed to qualify for the tournament.

Full List Of Indian Athletes Who Have Sealed Paris Olympics Berth

The highly anticipated Olympics 2024 are all set to kick-start from July 26 and will conclude on August 11. The Olympics will be hosted in Paris and a total of 206 countries will be participating from all over the world. The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 45 different sports, including 41 that are considered mainstay Olympic sports. Four new sports like breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing have also been included in this edition' roster. India will be sending close to 120 athletes to Paris for the upcoming Olympic games in French capital.

Nishant Dev Becomes First Indian Male Boxer To Secure Paris Olympics

Nishant Dev (71kg) became the first Indian male pugilist to secure a Paris Games quota when he reached the semifinals of the Boxing Olympic qualifiers on Friday. The world championships bronze medalist, who had narrowly missed on an Olympic berth in the previous qualifiers, earned the quota after defeating Vasile Cebotari of Moldova 5-0 in the quarterfinal which was a battle of the southpaws. It is India's fourth quota place with women boxers Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preet Pawar (54kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) having already secured their passage to Paris. The 71kg weight class had five quotas on offer. Dev, who has been dominant all tournament, was off to a flyer, landing sharp, accurate punches. The Indian was more composed and used his punches judiciously.

Contacts

Nikhat Zareen Sport News

India's Full Schedule, Medal Events At Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2: Manu Bhaker, Archers Eye Glory

Manu Bhaker Eyes Gold In Paris Olympics: How To Watch 10m Air Pistol Final Live

Lovlina Borgohain To Nikhat Zareen: Know Your Indian Women Boxers At Olympics 2024

Boxing At Olympics 2024: Nikhat Zareen "Ready To Pack A Punch", Handed Tough Draw

All Eyes On Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain As Boxers Open Olympic Campaign

Olympics 2024: Full List Of All Indian Athletes And Disciplines At Paris Games

Full List Of Indian Athletes Who Have Sealed Paris Olympics Berth

Nishant Dev Becomes First Indian Male Boxer To Secure Paris Olympics