Opposite to her earlier plans of shopping for a Mercedes, newly-crowned two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen now desires to ship her dad and mom to carry out ‘Umrah’ with the prize cash.
Nikhat received her second world championship title with a 5-0 win over Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam right here on Sunday.
With the title she additionally acquired USD 100,000 winner’s cheque and ‘Thar’ automotive gifted by sponsors Mahindra.
She had earlier mentioned she would purchase a Mercedes automotive with the prize cash.
“I haven’t thought of it. Final time I mentioned I’ll get a Mercedes however since I’ve bought a Thar as a present so now I’m considering of not getting a Mercedes.
“I wish to ship my dad and mom for Umrah as a result of Ramazan is happening. I’ll discuss to them about this at residence,” Nikhat, who belongs to a Nizamabad-based Muslim household, informed reporters hours after her bout.
‘Umrah’ is a minor pilgrimage to the dual Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
A believer in considering positively, Nikhat mentioned she manifest her two world titles and Commonwealth Video games title.
“Everybody has successful mantra. I visualise issues. I prefer to assume constructive. I’ve written ‘champion’ and drew a gold medal on a sticky word and pasted it on my mattress.
“Every single day once I get up I see that, once I fall asleep I see that. It motivates me to do nicely. I did that for the final world championships, the CWG and this time too.” Nikhat has already certified for the Asian Video games, which can also be an Olympic qualifier later this month.
“My subsequent goal is Asian Video games which is a qualifier. I hope to qualify for Paris Olympics.”