Ace India boxer Nikhat Zareen bowed out after defeat against People’s Republic of China’s Wu Yu in the women’s 50kg round of 16 match at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. Nikhat Zareen lost 5:0 against the People’s Republic of China’s Wu Yu.
Wu Yu dominated the first round, setting the pace early on. Zareen made a strong comeback in the second round, but Wu Yu narrowly edged it out. In the decisive third round, Wu Yu won unanimously.
Wu Yu advanced to the last eight and is one win away from winning an Olympic medal.
With this defeat, Nikhat becomes the fourth Indian pugilist to crash out of the Paris Olympics following the exits of Amit Panghal, Jaismine Lamboria and Preeti Pawar leaving only Nishant Dev (71kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) in the medal hunt.