{"id":5157,"date":"2024-09-16T06:04:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T06:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2024-09-16T06:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T06:04:08","slug":"zinnat-ferdous-makes-history-for-bangladesh-by-winning-bronze-at-international-boxing-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=5157","title":{"rendered":"Zinnat Ferdous Makes History for Bangladesh by Winning Bronze at International Boxing Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>US-based Bangladeshi boxer <strong>Zinnat Ferdous<\/strong> has made history for Bangladesh by clinching the bronze medal at the prestigious <strong>XIX International Silesian Women&#8217;s Boxing Championships<\/strong> held in Gliwice, Poland. This marks what is likely Bangladesh\u2019s first medal from the European Boxing Confederation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Silesian Open, a notable international women\u2019s boxing tournament, took place from <strong>September 2 to September 8<\/strong>. The event saw participation from <strong>17 countries<\/strong> across Europe, Asia, and Africa, including past Olympic champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tournament, Zinnat competed in the <strong>52kg weight category<\/strong>, which is above her usual fighting weight. She secured her bronze medal by winning her quarter-final bout against <strong>Kata Pap<\/strong> from Hungary with a decisive <strong>5-0 unanimous decision<\/strong>. Although she lost in the semi-final to <strong>Daria-Olha Hutarina<\/strong> from Ukraine, Zinnat&#8217;s performance was commendable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is a groundbreaking tournament, marking a historic moment in women\u2019s amateur boxing,&#8221; Zinnat stated after her return to New York. The event was the first to host no-headgear bouts since the rule change by the International Boxing Association, which abolished headgear in women&#8217;s boxing as of June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zinnat expressed her intent to compete in the <strong>50kg weight class<\/strong> in future tournaments and highlighted the significance of this achievement for Bangladesh in the global boxing arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US-based Bangladeshi boxer Zinnat Ferdous has made history for Bangladesh by clinching the bronze medal at the prestigious XIX International Silesian Women&#8217;s Boxing Championships held in Gliwice, Poland. This marks what is likely Bangladesh\u2019s first medal from the European Boxing Confederation. The Silesian Open, a notable international women\u2019s boxing tournament, took place from September 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5190,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157\/revisions\/5190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}