Sport·26.04.2026KI-Zusammenfassung 13-Year-Old Nitya Pandey Selected for Sub-junior Asian Boxing Championship
Nitya Pandey, a 13-year-old boxer from Pipra, Aurangabad, Bihar, has been selected for the Sub-junior Asian Boxing Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (May 1-16). The daughter of differently-abled parents, whose father suffered a head injury leaving his right arm and leg impaired and mother has a leg disability since birth, she will compete in the 52-55kg category in the U-15 group. Currently training at SAI camp in Pune, she credits her coach Akhil Raj for her success and draws inspiration from Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom.