It has been an incredible journey for boxer Nikhat Zareen, who scaled the summit by winning the gold in the World women’s championship in Istanbul on Thursday.
Nikhat’s is yet another success story in Indian sport where a normal middle-class girl has defied odds to carve out a niche for herself.
The 25-year-old has always spoken about the support she received from her father Mohammed Jameel Ahmed, who worked as a sales officer in the Gulf before moving back home and mother Parveen Sultana. Being the third among four sisters, it was all the more challenging for Nikhat to explore new frontiers.
