Asian Games bronze medallist Nikhat Zareen lost to top seed Wu Yu of China 0:5 on points in the women’s 50kg boxing round of 16 of the Paris 2024 Olympics at the North Paris Arena on Thursday.
Wu won the first round, with four of the five judges ruling in favour of her. She followed it up with a 3-2 win in the second and wrapped up a convincing win in the third.
Coming into this bout, Nikhat, a two-time world champion, had lost just two bouts since 2022. She’s also the Commonwealth Games champion and an Asian Games bronze medallist.
Earlier, Nikhat had survived a scare to begin her campaign with a hard-fought win against Germany’s Maxi Kloetzer 5-0.
