Nikhat Zaren selected for boxing trials of Olympic qualifiers to be held from 27 December

Nikhat Zaren was on Saturday named among Indian women boxers who will participate in two-day trials scheduled for Olympic qualifiers to be held at Indira Gandhi Stium from December 27.

After selection committee meeting here, Nikhat from Telengana was handed fourth spot in 51 kg category which alrey has six-time World Champion MC Mary Kom, RSPB's Jyoti Gulia and Haryana's Ritu Grewal as or contenders. Mary Kom has been ranked one, Nikhat was given a second ranking, while Jyoti and Ritu have been ranked third and fourth respectively.

According to Boxing Federation of India (BFI), boxers ranked 1 and 4 will fight and boxers ranked 2 and 3 will play against each or.

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" winners of each bout will make it to final trial match and winners here in each of 5 categories will n be selected to be part of Indian Team to participate in Olympic Qualifiers - Asia & Oceania in Wuhan from February 3-14, 2020," BFI said in a release.

Given criteria, Nikhat will take on Jyoti, while Mary Kom will face Ritu with winner of two bouts set to face-off in a final trial match which will decide who makes it to Indian team for Olympic qualifiers. Nikhat has been demanding a trial with Mary Kom for long and was set to face Manipuri boxer in Big Bout League. But citing a back injury, Mary Kom h pulled out of bout in eleventh hour.

A frustrated Nikhat n demanded a fair Olympic selection trials and asked national federation to telecast fight live. In or weight categories, Sonia (RSPB) will lock horns with Sonia Lar (RSPB), while Sakshi (Haryana) clashes with Manisha (Haryana) in 57kg.

In 60kg, L Sarita Devi (AIP) has been pitted against Shashi Chopra (Haryana) and Simranjit Kaur (Punjab) is set to fight Pavitra (RSPB). In 69kg, Lovlina Borgohain (Assam) will face Anjali (Delhi), while Lalita (Rajasthan) takes on Meena Rani (RSPB). In 75kg, Pooja Rani will square off against Indraja KA from Kerela, while Saweety Boora takes on Nupur in an all-Haryana bout. 

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