Eating out, poor hand hygiene and erratic weather may be among causes, say medics
The match looked a far closer affair than the 9-1 result suggested. Both pugilists locked on each other a number of times and were for the most part unable to land clear punches. Supporters from both sides were vehemently cheering their boxers and when the result was announced, Telangana officials present at the venue angrily protested it.
On Friday, Mary Kom had defeated her opponent Ritu Grewal in a unanimous decision while Zareen too had outclassed current national champion Jyoti Gulia, in a unanimous decision to set-up a high-octane clash for Saturday.
Saturday's match was a culmination of months of build-up which started with Nikhat not being given a chance to stake a claim in the Indian contingent that went to the Women's Boxing World championships earlier in the year.
Nikhat had after the Women's Boxing World Championships in November demanded a trial to decide who between her and Mary Kom will go to China after it looked like the latter may travel for the Asia/Oceania Olympic qualifiers in February. This after the Boxing Federation of India's remained undecided over the selection policy. She had also demanded that the trials be telecast live which the BFI rejected stating that there is no precedence for it.
While Mary always stated that she would abide by whatever selection policy the BFI has, she had indicated an aversion to a trial, taking the example of other sports in which athletes don't have to give trials. "Even in other games like badminton, who gives trial? Have you seen Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu appearing for trials? But in our case it is different," she had said in August.
In other results, Sakshi Chaudhary beat two-time World Championship silver medallist Sonia Lather in the 57kg category while veteran former world champion Sarita Devi was beaten by national champion Simranjit Kaur in the 60kg category. Two-time world champion Lovlina Borgohain beat Lalita in 69kg and Pooja Rani beat Nupur in the 75kg category.
Eating out, poor hand hygiene and erratic weather may be among causes, say medics
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