New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN): The whole nation today is celebrating the success of Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen, who on Thursday scripted history by clinching the gold medal in the Women's World Boxing Championships. However, the journey of the young pugilist hasn't been easy as she has gone through a lot in the last couple of years.

In 2019, Nikhat was trending on social media but for all 'not so good' reasons! People were making fun of her after she wrote to Sports minister Kiren Rijiju to get a match against the 6-time World Champion M.C Mary Kom for a spot in the team for Olympic qualifiers.  The young boxer was brutally trolled on social media for her 'fair' appeal. She later did get the bout but lost it 1-9 to the legendary boxer. Mary even refused to shake hands with her after the bout.  Facing so much embarrassment, the boxer kept quiet for some time and decided to rather focus on training. She stopped taking calls from the media as well to get over the defeat. The last time IANS managed to speak to the boxer, she gave a one-liner, "my time will come".  On Thursday, Nikhat was again trending on Twitter, and the boxer was elated as it was her dream to trend once again.  "I'm trending on Twitter" It was one of my dreams to trend on Twitter! If I'm really trending right now then I'm really happy," said Nikhat in her online press conference after her victory.