Lovlina Borgohain wins maiden World Championships title, adds 4th gold to India's tally

Nikhat Zareen continued to grow in stature as she added a second World title to her swelling trophy cabinet while Lovlina Borgohain broke her bronze jinx to claim her maiden gold medal at the marquee event here on SundayNikhat upstaged twotime Asian champion Vietnams Nguyen Thi Tam by a 50 verdict to take the light flyweight title infront of a packed KD Jadhav Indoor HallTwotime bronze medallist Lovlina on the other hand defeated Caitlin Parker of Australia 52 to win her maiden World titleWith the win Nikhat becomes only the second Indian after the legendary MC Mary Kom to win the title of the prestigious tournament twiceI am very happy that I have become a world champion for the second time especially in an Olympic category Nikhat who won the 52kg title last year said after her boutAlso Read Nikhat Zareen shares her fan moment with Salman Khan as they recreated a famous song of the superstarThe first bout of the day between the two Asians was an exciting affair that went down to the wireTodays bout was the toughest for me she is an Asian champion and my next target is Asian Games and I might meet her so I will work hard Nikhat saidIt was a roller coaster bout she got warning I got warning she got count so did I But I went all outNikhat who has moved down from her preferred 52kg looked tentative at first as Tam was the first one to attack But after a few seconds the home favourite leapt forward to attack She then landed two right hooks followed by straight jabsTam was handed a penalty point for clinching further tilting the result in Nikhats favour as she took the first three minutes by an unanimous verdictBut Tam made a strong comeback as she launched into attack mode The southpaw landed several punches forcing Nikhat to play with her head down that earned her a penalty point The Vietnamese managed to take the round 32In the final three minutes both boxers went for broke and attacked each other relentlesslyAlso Read Lovlina looks to overcome jinx by winning gold at Worlds says three bronze are enoughIf Nikhats powerful right cross forced the referee to give Tam the eight count Tams jab compelled the referee to do the same to the IndianFor me this is the first major competition in this category after the Commonwealth Games which did not have much competitionBut here countries from all over the world competed and had backtoback matches also my body was a bit slow in some matches I will learn from these experience and try to become stronger Nikhat who has already qualified for the Asian Games saidOn Saturday Nitu Ghanghas 48kg and Saweety Boora 81kg were crowned world champions in their respective weight categoriesHosts India matched their bestever performance in terms of gold medalsIndia had won four gold in the 2006 edition at home which was also the countrys best ever performance with a haul of eight medals including a silverThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever